Delfin Castro

Delfin C. Castro is a retired Major General of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. He was the commander of the AFP Southern Command , from 1981 to 1986.Notable incidents during his tenure include the Pata Island massacre, the assassination of Zamboanga City Mayor Cesar Climaco, the rescue of kidnapped Bishop Federico O. Escaler from Muslim rebels and the strafing of the Japanese vessel Hegg by Philippine Air Force fighters off Mindanao.

Castro was born on July 30, 1925 in Norzagaray, Bulacan. He took his primary and secondary education in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija.

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