Grave of Gen. Basilio P. Valdes & The Japanese Instrument of Surrender

Gen. Basilio P. Valdes was Pres. Quezon's PA Chief of Staff and personal doctor. Their friendship goes deep, that even when Quezon escaped the Philippines, Valdes was by him in Australia and then later in the United States.

Valdes also gained the respect of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, that he was selected one of two Filipinos (the other being BGen. Carlos P. Romulo), to not just witness the signing of the Japanese surrender on board the USS Missouri, but also receive one of twenty facsimile of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender.

Over the years, I have researched his life story. In one interesting tidbit, I found out that after WW1, Maj. Basilio Valdes was assigned to a camp, where the German officer was a certain Maj. Paulus. Makes me wonder if Gen. Valdes actually encountered Gen. Friedrich Paulus, who was the CG of the German forces at the Battle of Stalingrad during WW2.

Reading also on his biography, his post-WW2 life was a bit less documented, and he lead a quiet life.

So there are two mysteries I want to uncover the past few years:

1. How did the Gen. Valdes' copy of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender end up with The International Museum of World War II in Natick, Massachusetts?

2. Where is Gen. Valdes' grave?