Last Modified: 07 December 2005
Hi ! My name is Gregorio
Orbeta, and I am a retired Electronics and Communications Engineer
( #225.)
Pacita, (nee Paz Reyes) as my wife
is fondly known to her friends and relatives, was a BSE graduate
(1937) from the University of the Philippines. She was formerly a
school teacher in Tingloy and San Juaquin, Batangas, and her parents were from Bataan and Batangas, Philippines.
Before
the outbreak of World War II, I was 2nd Radio Operator to "Chief
Sparks," Bartolome Helvano, onboard "SS Susana," with
Capt. Jose Ayesa in command. (Left photo: Me and "Chief Sparks,"
Click to zoom).
After that memorable stint in the high-seas and foreign countries, I joined RCA as Asst. Shift Engineer in the RCA Radio Transmitting Station.
My career in RCA ended on that fateful day, during World War II, when a US Army demolition crew dynamited the RCA Radio Transmitting Station, before the invading Japanese military forces closed in on the defenseless "Open City" of Manila.
I rejoined
RCA after the war. Then I transferred to Pan American Airways,
for the better job position and pay.
When the management and operation of the communication facilities
of Pan Am and the other airlines were taken over by the
US CAA, and later, it was turned over to PI CAA, where
I was reporting to so many bosses, I decided to join Philippine Airlines.
I retired after continuously and loyally serving Philippine Airlines for 34 years (1948-1982,) in the Avionics, Communications Maintenance, and Management departments.
My former "Amateur Radio Station " call signs in Manila were:
KA1ABV, KA1AW, and DU1AW;
and in Cebu, it was DU7GO.
Now that I
am retired and had long since given up my "Ham
Radio" hobby of 28 years, you will just maybe find me at home (click photo to zoom) oil painting,
researching for the forebears of our patriarch, Francisco Paras Orbeta, or updating my Genealogy Web Site.
My "QSL" card.
We have 4 sons, 7 grandchildren and 2 great grand-daughters.
On our 50th Wedding Anniversary (1990), at home with our family.
Click for the Genealogy of the Orbeta-Reyes Family.
For feedback, e-mail: greorbeta@yahoo.com
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