Pascal Garde was the eldest of my Aunt Frances' children. He was born December 29, 1914 possibly around Colonias, New Mexico. I have two photos of him one taken when he was several months old and the other a newspaper clipping. I always thought he looked a lot like his brother Mariano.. He was in the New Mexico National Guard when it was federalized in January 1941. His unit became part of the 515 Coast Artillery and shipped to the Phillipines in September 1941. When the Phillipines fell to the Japanese in early 1942 he was taken captive as a prisoner of war along with his brother Arturo. Although they survived the Bataan Death March Arthur died of dysentery in May 1942. Pascual was killed when the Japanese ship, Arisan Maru, carrying him to Japan was torpedoed by an American submarine on 10/24/1944.

The clipping was in my mother's collection of photos. I believe it was from the Albuquerque newspaper, probably mid 1942.