Boni Serrano
Col. Venancio S. Serrano, aka "Bonny" Serrano (but widely named "Boni Serrano"), was the most bemedalled Filipino soldier of the Korean War in the 1950s. He received a total of 48 medals, including the Medal of Valor for extraordinary bravery, the highest honor the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) can bestow. He was a member of the 10 BCT Philippine Expeditionary Force to Korea (PEFTOK): 1950–1955. Biography Bonny Serrano was born and raised in Armenia, Uson, Masbate on April 4, 1922, to Captain Conrado Serrano who originally hailed from Batangas and wife Juanita Merioles. When the Philippine-Japanese war broke out, his father was reassigned to Bataan to resist Japanese invaders and never returned. Coming back from the Korean War, he was the most eligible bachelor in the country. At 34, he married a Visayan singer/actress Cora Real and had three (3) children: Audie, Bonny Jr. and Johanna. Colonel Bonny Serrano suffered a stroke on January 2, 1970. At the colonel's wake, former President Ferdinand Marcos was said to glance admiringly at the 48 medals the colonel had in his casket and asked a journalist if it all belong to the late colonel. To which the journalist replied, "Yes, Mr.