Cesar Alzona
1926–1997 (age 71)
Biography
Caesar Yatco Alzona (September 15, 1925 – June 27, 1997) (born Cesar, a.k.a. Caesar, Caezar) Laguna, Philippines, was the author of the original Philippine Marines Hymn. He also authored another Marine-themed song, entitled "First to Fight." He served valiantly and received much praise as a military leader in the Marine Corps of the Philippine Navy against Muslim terrorists and Islamic insurgents in the southern island of Mindanao during the early years of Philippine independence from the United States in the 1950s. He was also one of the Filipino military personnel of the Korean war.