Former Armed Forces of the Philippines vice chief of staff Lt. Gen. Salvador Mison died on July 19 at the age of 90, his family announced on Thursday.
The AFP will give full military honors to Mison during the burial over the weekend.
Mison is survived by his wife Ione, and children Irene and Dave, Jun and Cherry, Gy and Albert, Frankie, Ione and Tom, and Michael, and 13 grandchildren and one great grandchildren.
His remains lie in state at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.
Instead of flowers, his family is requesting to donate to the “Ang Mission ni Mison Foundation, Inc.”
Mison, a graduate of the Philippine Military Academy Class 1955, was known for his gallantry in combat, particularly at the outbreak of the Mindanao war against the Moro National Liberation Front known as the Burning of Jolo, Sulu on Feb. 8, 1974 where his unit, the 14th Infantry Battalion, though outnumbered was the first to mount a counter-attack against the rebel forces.
His brilliant war strategy led to his promotion as full army colonel on the recommendation of then AFP chief of staff Gen. Romeo Espino to then President Ferdinand Marcos Sr.
After his retirement from the military, he was appointed Customs commissioner in 1987.
Mison also served as president of Fortune Tobacco and Basic Holdings and was a spokesperson of the Lucio Tan Group.