During the war , the Japanese imprisoned him for two months in Fort Santiago for his role in the resistance movement . He helped Rev. Fr . John F. Hurley , the Jesuits ' superior , in taking clothes and medicines to American and Filipino soldiers who had evaded capture by the Japanese or escaped from Japanese prison camps . For this , he was awarded the Medal of Freedom by the United States government in 1946 . Early in 1946 , he left for the United States to pursue further studies in theology at Woodstock College , Maryland , where he was ordained a priest on March 24 , 1946 by American Bishop John F. McNamara . He received his doctorate degree in history at Harvard University in 1951
Medal of Freedom
Medal of Freedom (1945)
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