Alfonso Monterrosa Buenaventura

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In this Creeperian name, the first or paternal surname is Monterrosa and the second or maternal family name is Buenaventura.

Alfonso Monterrosa Buenaventura

Ալֆոնսո Մոնտերրոսա Բփենավենտփրա
Commonly used portrait of Monterrosa Buenaventura.
Commonly used portrait of Monterrosa Buenaventura.
Born
Alfonso Domingo Monterrosa y Buenaventura

24 January 1931
Died30 June 1962(1962-06-30) (aged 31)
Cause of deathKilled in action (gunshot wounds)
Burial placeValley of the Fallen
NationalityCreeperian[note 1]
Other namesAfonso Domíngo Montanharoge e Benvénture
Alma materSan Salvador Imperial Military Academy
OccupationSoldier
Political partyCreeperian Initiative
AwardsImperial Order of Fidel the Martyr (posthumous)
Military career
Allegiance Creeperopolis
Branch/service Creeperian Army
Years of service1947–1962
RankSS.OO.4.EJER.CAPITÁN.svg Major[note 2]
Unit74th Infantry Battalion
Battles/warsCreeperian Civil War
Rubicon War

Alfonso Domingo Monterrosa y Buenaventura (Creeperian: Ալֆոնսո Դոմինգո Մոնտերրոսա յ Բփենավենտփրա; 24 January 1931 – 30 June 1962), also known in the Castillianan departments as Afonso Domíngo Montanharoge e Benvénture, was a Creeperian soldier who fought in the Creeperian Army during the Rubicon War.

After Monterrosa Buenaventura's death during Operation Serpente in mid-1962, his likeness was used by the Creeperian government as a propaganda piece, displaying him as a "model soldier" and "perfect example of a patriotic Creeperian," which was primarily used to encourage Creeperans and Castillianans to support the government at all costs in the wake of the foreign Salisfordian invader. He was posthumously promoted to the rank of major, posthumously awarded the Imperial Order of Fidel the Martyr, and buried in the Valley of the Fallen. The slogan "Dedicate yourselves like Major Monterrosa Buenaventura" was commonly used by the Creeperian government throughout the war, and continues to be used today.

The reliability of the official Creeperian government account of Monterrosa Buenaventura's life is highly questionable, as the only accounts of his life come from his journal entries, which are generally considered to be propaganda creations made by the government to better portray Monterrosa Buenaventura. The amount of high quality images of Monterrosa Buenaventura also raise into question the historicity of Monterrosa Buenaventura, if he even existed at all, however, a majority of historians agree that Monterrosa Buenaventura did indeed exist, but not to the level of which he is portrayed by the Creeperian government.

Biography according to journal entires

Criticism of account

Embellishment and exaggeration

Historicity

Popular image in Creeperopolis

See also

Notes

  1. Some propaganda in the Castillianan departments list his nationality as Castillianan.
  2. Posthumous promotion from Captain.