We lived in Dumaguete, a small coastal city on Negros Island a few miles south of Luzon, the major island. It was 1951, and I was eleven years old, having been born right before the Japanese invade...view moreWe lived in Dumaguete, a small coastal city on Negros Island a few miles south of Luzon, the major island. It was 1951, and I was eleven years old, having been born right before the Japanese invaded the Philippines. To avoid the Japanese, our family escaped to New York City to wait out the war.view less