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Yay Panlilio
Filipina/American spy and guerrilla leader
Valeria Panlilio | |
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Panlilio in 1945 | |
| Born | (1913-05-22)22 May 1913 Denver, Colorado, |
| Died | (1978-01-12)12 January 1978 Aquebogue, New York |
| Other names | Colonel Yay |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, spy, guerrilla leader |
Valeria "Yay" Panlilio (1913–1978), known as Colonel Yay, was an American/Filipina journalist, radio announcer, and guerrilla leader during World War II in the Philippines.
After the war she married the commander of Marking Guerrillas, Marcos Villa Agustin. She was awarded the United States Medal of Freedom for her wartime activities.
Early life
Yay Panlilio's mother, Valentina, came to the United States from the Philippines as a stowaway.
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Panlilio was born in 1913 in Denver. Her father was an Irish-American. Her mother later married a Filipino named Ildefonso Corpus. Yay's half-brother was named Raymond. The family moved around "living in tenements, boxcars, ranch shacks, a