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Maximiano
Saqui
Janairo
POW (WWII)

Born:

, 

Philippine Islands

Maximiano Janairo graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1930. He retired as a U.S. Army Colonel.

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Corps of Engineers), [then Lieutenant Colonel]

    Action Date:

    December 8, 1941 – April 9, 1942
    Department of the Army, General Orders No. 7 (October 14, 1947)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, 20 July 1942, takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit to Colonel (Corps of Engineers), [then Lieutenant Colonel] Maximiano Saqui Janairo (ASN: 0-18098), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from 8 December 1941 to 9 April 1942.

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel (Corps of Engineers)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands

    Action Date:

    1942 – 1945

    Lieutenant Colonel (Corps of Engineers) Maximiano Saqui Janairo (ASN: 0-18098), United States Army, was captured by the Japanese after the fall the Philippine Islands in 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military control at the end of hostilities in August 1945.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Corps of Engineers)

    Division:

    8th Army

    Action Date:

    1953 – 1954
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Corps of Engineers) Maximiano Saqui Janairo (ASN: 0-18098), United States Army, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States with Headquarters, EIGHTH Army, from 1953 to 1954.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Corps of Engineers)

    Action Date:

    January 1955 – July 1960
    Department of the Army, General Orders No. 30 (August 12, 1960)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, 20 July 1942, takes pleasure in presenting a Second Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Third Award of the Legion of Merit to Colonel (Corps of Engineers) Maximiano Saqui Janairo (ASN: 0-18098), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from January 1955 to July 1960.