Early Life and Education
Liwanag was born on March 27, 1911 in Dagupan City, Pangasinan, Philippines to Francisco Liwanag and Ana Soriano. He was sixth among seven children, three brothers and four sisters.
He attended the Philippine Military Academy at Baguio City, Mountain Province, Philippines from November 27, 1933 to May 31, 1935 under the academic program. Then entered the military program from June 1, 1935 to March 25, 1938 where he graduated from the Class of 1938 with a Bachelor of Science degree. With the Philippines under the American rule at that time, Liwanag spoke fluent English.
After graduation he was appointed to the 3rd Light Infantry Regiment as a Second Lieutenant in the Philippine Army. In 1941, he voluntarily joined and graduated from the Army's Off Shore Patrol (OSP) Training School in Manila as part of the USAFFE forces, which needed more officers for the unit because of the threatening escalation of the Imperial Japanese forces in the region. At Fort William McKinley, he studied in the Advanced Infantry Gunnery Course (artillery) in 1950 before his deployment to Korea under the Philippine Army. He also studied in the United States at the Naval Mine Warfare School (NSMW) in Yorktown, Virginia in 1957.
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