Carlos Peña Romulo (1899 - 1985), Philippine general, diplomat, and journalist known for his activities on behalf of the Allies during World War II and his later work with the United Nations. When Japan attacked the Philippines in 1941, he became an aide-de-camp to U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, and his broadcasts became widely known as the “Voice of Freedom.” In 1941 Romulo won the Pulitzer Prize for Peace for his prewar evaluations of the military situation in the Pacific area. He returned to the Philippines with U.S. forces in 1945. In 1948 he served as president of the United Nations Conference on Freedom of Information in Geneva. Romulo was president of the General Assembly of the UN (1949–50) and in 1950 became secretary of foreign affairs of the Philippines. In 1952 he was named ambassador to the United States.