An intimate portrait of a Philippine Commonwealth medical doctor’s life as a medical intern in Davao, a public health official in Camarines Sur (Lagonoy, San Jose, and Naga) and as a military doctor in Bataan. The author is the son-in-law of then 1st Lt. Gregorio L. Reyes MC, who left behind a two notebook memoir about his Bataan escape. In addition, the author referenced about 280 letters of his parent-in-laws chronicling their times of separation as sweethearts and as a young married couple.