Although he was too young for military service the war touched Ramos when he helped shield his second cousin, Ferdinad Marcos, then a lieutenant in the underground guerrilla army, from the Japanese.

尽管他太小无法服兵役，可他还是接触到战争，因为他曾帮助保护他的堂兄，费迪南德·马科斯脱离日本人的魔掌，当时马科斯是一名地下游击队中尉。

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This may be a perfect place for Lee, who grew up in Taiwan under Japanese occupation, graduated from Kyoko Imperial University and served for two years as a second lieutenant in the Imperial Army during World War II.

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Parts of the long-derelict route were first opened by the Allies during the second world war to supply Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese army in its war with the Japanese.

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