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Vicente Lim

Filipino army general (1888-1944)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lim (林).

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Podico and the surname or paternal family name is Lim.

Brigadier General

Vicente Lim

Lim in 1914

In office
January 11, 1938 – May 4, 1942
PresidentManuel L. Quezon
Preceded byBasilio Valdes
Succeeded bySimeon de Jesus
In office
December 21, 1938 – September 1, 1941
PresidentManuel L. Quezon
Preceded byBasilio Valdes
Succeeded bySimeon de Jesus
Born

Vicente Lim y Podico


(1888-02-24)February 24, 1888
Calamba, La Laguna, Captaincy General of the Philippines
DiedDecember 31, 1944(1944-12-31) (aged 56)
Manila Chinese Cemetery
City of Greater Manila, Philippines
Cause of deathExecution by beheading
Resting placeManila Chinese Cemetery, Manila, Philippines
SpousePilar Hidalgo-Lim
ChildrenLuis (son)
Roberto (son)
Vicente Jr. (son)
Patricio (son)
Eulalia (daughter)
Maria (daughter)
Alma m
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Specials

by Meixsel, Richard Bruce

1-217050

Biography of Vicente Podico Lim (1888-1944) was once his country's best-known soldier. The first Filipino to graduate from West Point and a graduate of the US Army War College, Lim figured in every significant military development in the Philippines during his thirty years in uniform. Frustrated Ambition is the first in-depth biography of this forgotten figure, whose career paralleled the early 21th century history of the Philippine military. Includes 9 black and white illustrations and 5 maps.

As independence seemed increasingly likely for the Philippines in the 1930s, Lim positioned himself to take a leading role in developing armed forces for a sovereign nation. But as Lim maneuvered behind the scenes, Manuel L. Quezon, soon to be the commonwealth president, revealed that he had invited General Douglas MacArthur to serve as military adviser to the Philippines.

Frustrated Ambition corrects the conventional historical narrative of events thereafter-one that emphasizes the failure of the nascent Philippine military under MacArthu

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To inspire and to lead : the letters of Gen. Vicente Lim, 1938-1942.

Description

Gen. Lim was the first Filipino to graduate from the US Military Academy at West Point, and rose to become deputy chief of staff of the Philippine Army during the Commonwealth years just before World War II. When USAFFE was mobilized, Lim became the commander of the 41st Division, perhaps the army’s best unit. He led his division in Bataan, but had to surrender when ordered. He survived the death march, was released in mid-1942, but organized a resistance unit. Eventually he was caught by the Japanese and executed.

This book published his letters to his sons (then studying in the US), detailing his views on Philippine defense and the Philippine Army, errors being made by MacArthur and other issues prior to the war. The last letter was written to his wife while Lim was in Bataan.

An informative introduction by Edilberto C. de Jesus provides a good summary biography of the general; an appendix is the officers’ roster of the 41st Division. Other appendices are letters attesting to Lim’s heroism i

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