Ricardo Papa

Ricardo Papa
Ricardo Papa
Allegiance	Philippines
Service / branch	Philippine Army
Years of service	until 1963
Rank	Brigadier General
Unit	91st Division;
Commands	Commanding General of the Philippine Army; Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines;
Battles / wars	Fall of the Philippines Battle of Bataan Bataan Death March; ; ;
	Police career
Allegiance	Philippines
Department	Manila Police Department; ;
Service years	1966–1968
Rank	Chief of Police

Ricardo G. Papa is a Filipino general and police officer.

Military career

Papa served in the Philippine Army since in the early 1940s until 1963. When he was assigned at the 91st Division as a G-3 officer and captain, he survived the Pantingan River massacre which occurred while Bataan Death March is ongoing.^[1]

He became the Commanding General of the Army for over 200 days in 1963.^[2]

He became the Chief of Police^[1] of the Manila Police Department from 1966 to 1968.^[2]^[3]

A street and a train station,^[2] the former name of Camp Bagong Diwa was named after him.^[2]^[4]^[5]^[6]

^ ^a ^b Leocadio De Asis, The Thread of Fate: A Personal Story in Philippine-Japanese Relations (Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines: Philippine Foundation of Japan Alumni, 1986)., 16.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sino nga ba si 'R. Papa' sa LRT station sa Maynila?". GMA News Online. July 11, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
^ (Supplement) "Manila's Finest" (January 9, 1988). Manila Standard, pp. 8–9. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
^ "NBI agent kills cop in Paco Park". Philstar.com. August 8, 2002. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
^ Felipe, Bebot Sison Jr ,Cecille Suerte (March 10, 2005). "Retired cop general defends 'drug lord' in court". Philstar.com. Retrieved October 28, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Recto: One jailbreak in RP every 72 hours". Philstar.com. March 16, 2005. Retrieved October 28, 2024.