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Winter/Spring 2003

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Don’t Miss The 19th Annual Reunion!

Philippine Scouts Heritage Society

What’s Inside?Winter/Spring 2003

19th Annual Reunion: May 1-3..............1Editor’s Comments...............................2From Our National President................2Chapter Reports.....................................3PSHS Library Fundraising.....................3Obituary.................................................3Fiesta Filipiniana 2002.........................4Member Activities.................................5National D-Day Museum.......................5Fort Sam Houston Museum Policies.....6Philippine Scouts Bibliography..............7Scout Information Exchange.................8A Letter To Our Website.......................9Rear Guard In Luzon...........................10Annual Reunion Registration Form....13Souvenir Program Ad Submission.......14Membership Application......................15

Again, the Golden Gate Bay AreaChapter is hosting the 19th AnnualReunion to be held on May 1-3, 2003,at the Villa Hotel, San Mateo,California . As the reunion’s GeneralChairman, I am now busy organizingthe different committees for this affair.The reunion proper begins on Friday,May 2; however, through my personalconnection with Robert Mondavi, I’vearranged a Thursday tour of severalvineyards ending with a luncheon atthe Robert Mondavi Winery. The tourand the luncheon will be free to ourmembers and their guests. However, I

May 1-3, 2003do need to know by March 17 whowill be arriving early for this May 1tour, which will depart from our hotelat about 9 a.m.

I am particularly pleased that ourconfirmed guest speaker this year willbe Lt. General Edward Soriano,commander of Fort Lewis, Washing-ton and I Corps. As many of you areaware, he is the son of the late MajorAlfredo Soriano, a Philippine Scout.

A reunion registration form isincluded in this newsletter. Please tryto send in your registration early to geta better room selection. To receive ourdiscounted $79 room rate, be sure tolet the Villa Hotel know that you’reattending the PSHS reunion. Thecutoff date for the reduced room rateand a guaranteed room is April 1.

For further information you cancontact me or call any of the followingChapter Officers:

President Delfin Pahed(415) 239-4248

Secretary Joe Aquino(650) 873-5272Treasurer Toni Pahed(415) 239-4248This annual reunion is always an

event filled with happiness andcomradeship. It also is a venue forsetting an agenda for the coming year.Elsewhere in this issue you will findinformation on various initiatives wewill be discussing during the businessportion of our reunion.

I look forward to seeing as many ofyou as possible at this important andfun-filled event.

Sincerely yours,

Larry Pangan, General Chairman(707) [email protected].

Reunion Registration On 3Be sure to fill out your registration

for m for the 19th Annual Reunion assoon as you receive this newsletter!It’s important to return the form assoon as possible! If you want toreserve a spot on the FREE MondaviWinery tour and luncheon, we need toreceive your form by March 17. To

receive the special room rate at theVilla Hotel, your form needs to bereceived by April 1!

There also is a form you may fillout and return if you wish to place anad in the Annual Reunion’s SouvenirProgram (see page 14). The deadlinefor ad submissions is March 1, 2003.

Philippine Scouts Heritage Society Winter/Spring 2003

Editor’s Comments

A Message from Our National President

Since our last newsletter, thePhilippine Scouts Heritage Society hasmoved forward on several fronts. Anew initiative to develop a PhilippineScout library in the San Franciscoarea has held a successful fund raiserand is moving ahead under the stew-ardship of Cion Rael and her commit-tee. We have become partners withthe Library of Congress and theAmerican Folklore Center in theVeterans History Project. A profes-sionally-designed website for theSociety has been launched. A com-memorative plaque is under consid-eration for placement on the MemorialWall at the National Museum of thePacific War (Admiral Nimitz Mu-seum). A retracing of the BataanDeath March, perhaps culminatingwith placing a replica of the cementcross at the Camp O’Donnell POWcompound is being discussed. Andseveral Society members have beenactive representing the Scouts atvarious ceremonies, exploring pos-sible cooperative museum projectsand speaking about the Scouts toschool and professional groups. It hasbeen a very active six months!

Since its inauguration last July,more than 900 people have accessedour attractive, user-friendly website athttp://philippine-scouts.org. The siteincludes Col. John Olson’s briefhistory of the Scouts, an extensivedisplay of Scout insignia with com-mentary by Robert Capistrano,photos from various PSHS gatherings,articles, linkages to other sites ofpossible interest to society members,an “exchange” page where familymembers can request and obtaininformation on deceased Scouts, abibliography of books and recentarticles on the Scouts, an archive ofpast newsletter issues and more. Thewebsite should be an asset to ourPSHS membership and to anyone elsewanting additional information on thePhilippine Scouts. If you have anysuggestions on how you would like tosee the website develop and expand,please email our webmaster ChristaHoulahan at [email protected].

Sen. John Patterson, Capt.Menandro Parazo, Col. John Olson,Col. Mel Rosen and Jose Calugas Jr.continue as active speakers on behalf

of the Scouts. Visits to explorepossible future cooperation have beenmade to the D-Day Museum in NewOrleans by members Chris Schaeferand Col. John Olson. (Chris’ reporton the visit is carried elsewhere in thisissue.) Also Jose Calugas, Jr. metwith the curator of the Fort LewisMilitary Museum in Fort Lewis,Washington to discuss a permanentdisplay of Scout memorabilia incooperation with the Fort Sam Hous-ton Museum.

National President Larry Pangan’sreunion letter is a must read. As youwill see, he has obtained an excellentspeaker with direct ties to the Philip-pine Scouts and furthermore hasarranged an attractive tour for thoseinterested in something extra from thereunion.

I look forward to seeing many ofyou at our reunion and receiving yourideas and submissions for our nextnewsletter edition.

Mike HoulahanPublic Relations Officer

After assuming the duty of NationalPresident of this prestigious organiza-

tion, I set agoal to focusmy attentionon recruitingour sons/daughtersand others.They are thestrongest linkto keep theSociety goingafter we oldwarriors

disappear into the twilight. I amurging all Chapter Presidents to givethis recruiting drive your utmostpriority. There are many potentialmembers out there. We just have tokeep on trying to persuade them.Think of events that will get theirattention and entice them like our verysuccessful Fiesta fund raising dinner-dance. I am excited and impressed bythe hard work put forth by these sons/daughters, who, with my blessing,organized this whole event. Theproceeds generated in this affair willhelp fund the proposed PSHS Library

to be build in the San Francisco BayArea. If we are successful, it’s goingto be an extension of the Fort SamHouston Museum where members andtheir families can visit and gatherinformation about their fathers andgrandfathers.

Larry L. PanganNational President


Captain Jose Calugas, Sr. Chapter:Chapter was reactivated in August,

with Jose Calugas, Jr. appointed byNational President Larry Pangan ascontact person. Ricardo de Villa ischapter president. Since August, JoseCalugas, Jr. has signed up fourteennew recruits, including thirteen lifemembers. This brings the chapter totalto 25 members.

In September, Jose Calugas, Jr.attended the Strickland Hall Dedica-tion Ceremony at Fort Lewis, WA inhonor of Sergeant Major LarryStrickland, who died in the September11 Pentagon terrorist attack. There hemet Lt. General EdwardSoriano,commander of Fort Lewis andI Corps, and son of the late MajorAlfredo Soriano a Philippine Scout.

Jose Calugas, Jr. also proposed apermanent display of the PhilippineScouts memorabilia to AlanArchambault, curator of the FortLewis Military Museum. Since thatmeeting, Mr. Archambault has beencoordinating this project with JohnManguso, curator of the Fort SamHouston Military Museum.

The chapter organized a verysuccessful Veterans Day celebration inNovember, which attracted Filipinoveterans from as far away as Seattle.

LTC Lloyd E. Mills Chapter:According to Chapter President

Alex Andres, members marched in the

Chapter ReportsVeterans Day parade and held a verysuccessful Christmas party.

Monterey County Chapter:Chapter President Greg Ramos

reports that his membership celebratedthe Philippine Scouts anniversary inOctober and in April held a Bataan andCorregidor commemoration ceremony.

Golden Gate Bay Area Chapter:Secretary Joe Aquino writes that our

largest chapter now has 265 members,227 of whom are life members. Thesenumbers have increased substantiallydue to recruitment of 21 mostlysecond generation offspring of Scoutsled by Bataan Death March survivorretired Master Sergeant ZosimoGuiang and his family. The chapterplayed an active part in the annualPOW/MIA ceremony in September atthe San Francisco Veterans Adminis-tration Medical Center and will hostour 19th annual reunion in May. Asreported in more detail elsewhere inthis newsletter, new chapter memberConcepcion Rael is chairing thePhilippine Scouts Library Committeeand serving as liaison with the Libraryof Congress on the Veterans HistoryProject. The chapter’s annual picnicwas held in October.

New Member Roll Call:Society Secretary Joe Aquino would

appreciate all chapters sending himlists of their members, so our centralrecords and newsletter mailing lists

can be updated. New membersinclude the following thirty-five: (Newlife members are in italics.)

Tacoma Chapter:Jorge Calugas, Federal Way, WA;

Noel Calugas, Phoenix, AZ;Democrito Cari, Fircrest, WA; Col.Melvin Holst, Gresham, OR; MinervaJavier, Tacoma; Anita Mocorro,Seattle; Jesse Mocorro, Lakewood,WA; Mario Mocorro, Seattle; GeorgeMunson, Bremerton, WA; LindaNyman, Portland, OR; Eligio Regala,Tacoma, WA; Roland Santos, Tacoma;Evaristo Talvo, Lakewood, WA andConstante Villalobos, Tacoma.

Golden Gate Chapter:Leopoldo Duquette, Sacramento,

CA; John C. Eastman II, NorthKingston, RI; Gregorio Garcia, SanFrancisco, CA; Gilbert Hair, MiamiBeach, FL; John & Kimberly Hughes,Glen Allen, VA; Nilda G. Malvar,Daly City, CA; Concepcion Rael, DalyCity, CA; Anunscion A. Pasol, DalyCity, CA; Alex Pautin, S. San Fran-cisco, CA; Anastacio & ZenaidaPautin, S. San Francisco, CA; OrtanesPautin, S. San Francisco, CA;Malcolm Decker, Lebanon, MO;Rodolfo Millan, San Francisco, CA;Aqulina Reyes, Vallejo, CA; LeonardoBaltbat, Pittsburgh, CA; Angelito P. &Mrs. Seva, Morgan Hill, CA; MarlinServo, El Paso, TX; and HerminiaUbaldo Smith, Alexandria, VA.

The Philippine Scouts HeritageSociety (PSHS) in cooperation withthe Golden Gate Bay Area Chaptersponsored a fund raising dinner/danceon November 2, 2002, at the CityForest Lodge in San Francisco. Thisevent had two purposes. First, itbenefited the proposed PhilippineScouts library that will be built in theSan Francisco Bay Area. Secondly, it

Library Fundraisingintroduced the Philippine ScoutsHeritage Society and its new mem-bers, the sons and daughters, relatives,and friends to the general public.

The event was very successful asevidenced by the crowd that filled theLodge hall and by the net proceeds ofabout $2,000. The tables were beauti-fully decorated with fresh floral center

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The Golden Gate-Bay AreaChapter regrets to report thepassing of Mrs. Felicidad Urban,widow of the late PhilippineScout Louie Urban. Mrs. Urbandied of a stroke at the age of 77.She is survived by her son Juddand daughter Florence, twobrothers and five grandchildren.


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pieces solicited by the Committee.There was plenty of donated food,including a whole roast lechon pig.The PSHS banner was displayed onthe wall behind the DJ music ofDanny Ignacio. There were manydonated raffle prizes worth from$20.00 to $100.00. The grand prizewas airfare for two to the Philippines,won by a residence of Daly City.

The success of this event was dueentirely to the hard work and dedica-tion of our new members in theGolden Gate Bay Area Chapter,

mainly the sons, daughters, relatives,and friends, who labored into thenights after coming home from theirregular jobs. They made the PhilippineScouts Heritage Society very proud tohave these young members as thefuture leaders of the Society who willcarry on the mission of the Societypreserving the history and legacy ofthe Philippine Scouts. The Societywould like to recognize and thank thefollowing members of the Committee.Chaired by the Chapter PROConcepcion Rael, they are Nora G.

Warren; Ofelia P. Capuyan; RemyMaylas Wilson; Evelyn Guiang;Silveria Basa; Nita Guiang; NildaMalvar; Laureta Imperial Ramos;Aquilina Guieb Reyes; EvangelineSabio Stasfford; and Mildred Tango.The MC of the program was BennyCapuyan, son-in-law of PresidentPangan, who expresses his congratula-tions for a job well done. Let us hopethis is the beginning of a trend wehave been looking for in our sons,daughters, grandchildren, relatives,and friends of the Philippine Scouts.

It was a very successful event and anight to remember for the PSHSmembers and guests who attended! Afestive evening with American/Filipino food and cuisine, entertain-ment and awareness of the existenceof the Philippine Scouts HeritageSociety and it’s objectives in thecommunity. Some of the commentsreceived:Remy Wilson (Committee member)“My brother, sister-in-law, niece andnephew, Mr & Mrs Joseph S. Maylasand family, said: ‘Thank you forinviting us to attend such an enjoyableand meaningful event. We all enjoyedthe great food and company.’”Aquilina G. Reyes (Committeemember) “My guests had a wonderfultime! Dolly likes the way how theraffle was handled where the winnergets to pull his/her own prizes. ‘It’sfair to everyone’ she said.”Eda Cruz (Daughter of PhilippineScout) “My co-workers from the Stateof California Board (8 guests) had agreat time and enjoyed the evening offestivities. The PSHS Committee did agreat job.”

Most of the preparation work wasundertaken by daughters of the

Fiesta Filipiniana 2002by Cion Rael

Philippine Scouts. We focused on theobjectives of the PSHS, our libraryproject, the benefits such a library willbring to the community, and recogni-tion of the achievements of ourfathers. This fundraising event for theNational and GGBAC, reinforced forus the importance of networking.

Our generous sponsors gave us thesupport we needed to make the “FiestaFilipianana” a success. The Filipinofood/cuisine, dance entertainment bythe San Francisco State College DanceTroupe (which performed the Filipinofolk dances so elegantly), and allprizes were donated by members,sponsors and friends of PSHS. Wereached half the fundraising goal weanticipated. An ongoing campaign forsponsorship of the library will be

continued as we approach completionof the first phase of our project, thepurchase of audio equipment.

I believe that the event enlightenedand gained the support of our guestsconsisting of nonmembers of PSHS, aswell as some second and third genera-tion family members of PhilippineScouts. In addition, the support of theGGBAC officers and members whoattended the event was highlycomplimented by our guests. Espe-cially helpful were Mr. Larry Pangan,National President and Mr. DelphiPahed, GGBAC President. If wecontinue these types of events it willreinforce the support and awareness ofthe members and also encourage moreScout sons and daughters to participateand join the society.

A delegation from the PhilippineScouts Heritage Society visited thePhilippines to distribute Scoutinformation and form linkages withScouts still resident in thePhilippines. Top left to Right:Evelyn Guiang, Remedios Wilson,Cion Rael; Front Left to Right: NildaMalvar and Mildred Tango, USAF


This column will be a regularfeature of the newsletter and willdescribe activities of members in-tended to publicize Philippine Scoutcontributions to the American andFilipino history.

Aniceto Bagley was interviewed forthe Library of Congress VeteransHistory Project. The interviewer wasinterested in photos. “All I could dowas laugh” he reports, “and tell herthat where I was out in the guerrillacontrolled areas of Panay wherecameras were not available.”

He also was able to get Robert Dorrto do a short piece on the Scouts in theArmy Times several months ago. Hereports that his “latest unsuccessfulattempts have been directed at TheHistory Channel and E. R. Ermy (MailCall.) Maybe some of you with morematerial and pictures can get thesepeople interested. I would like to see agood documentary on the PhilippineScouts from inception until disband-ment done before we all go the PostEverlasting as they say in the Legion.”

Jose Calugas, Jr. recruited fourteennew members for the newly-reacti-vated Capt. Jose Calugas, Sr. Chapterin Takoma and explored establishing aPhilippine Scouts exhibit at the Fort

Member ActivitiesLewis Military Museum. The FortSam Houston Museum, officialrepository of Scout memorabilia, isnow involved in this project.

Zosimo, Nita and Evelyn Guiangled a recruiting effort which resultedin twenty-one new members for ourGolden Gate Bay Area Chapter.

Mike Houlahan’s article “TheirFinest Hour: The Philippine Scouts inBataan” published in the October issueof Filipinas, a magazine published inSan Francisco and targeted at theFilipino-American community.

Col. John Olson continues his activespeaking schedule for the Scouts.Since the last newsletter he has been apanelist at Admiral Nimitz Museumand spoke to 300 students at theIncarnate Word High School. He alsovisited the D-Day Museum as part ofour ongoing project to encouragemuseums to carry displays on thePhilippine Scouts.

Sen. John Patterson continued hisimpressive speaking schedule and stillfound time to run for his NorthKingston, Rhode Island town council.Senator Patterson also has negotiatedan agreement with the Fort SamHouston Military Museum coveringdonations of Philippine Scout memo-

rabilia. Potential donors may contactSenator Patterson or Newsletter EditorHoulahan for a copy of this agreement.

Col. Mel Rosen and his wife Olivewere guests of SECDEF at impressivePOW/MIA ceremonies on 20 Septem-ber at the River Entrance ParadeGround of the Pentagon. CongressmanSam Johnson of Texas, himself a POWfor almost seven years, was thefeatured speaker.

Cion Rael and her library committeemembers successfully organized afiesta which raised about $2,000,much of which will go towards thelibrary project. She and four fellowlibrary committee members will visitthe Philippines in February to distrib-ute brochures on the Philippine Scoutsin libraries and schools as well as tomake further contacts in support of thelibrary project. She is now ourVeterans History Project liaison withthe Library of Congress.

Chris Schaefer also visited the D-Day Museum in New Orleans anddiscussed with the curator the possibil-ity of developing displays commemo-rating the Philippine Scouts. Hisreport on the visit is elsewhere in thisissue.

Last month (September 2002) I hadthe opportunity and pleasure to visitthe National D-Day Museum, in NewOrleans. Founded by historian StevenAmbrose, this is a first-class memorialto the veterans of World War II on theorder of the Nimitz Pacific WarMuseum in Fredericksburg, Texas, orthe MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk,Virginia. Here “D-Day” refers not justto the Normandy landing but to all ofthe amphibious assaults of the war.

The National D-Day Museumby Chris Schaefer

New Orleans was the site of theHiggins Boat factory.

The well laid-out and highly visualdisplays in the museum’s four galleriesincorporate electronic maps, movies,combat photographs, lighting effectsand dioramas to help the visitor seeand understand what took place. Themuseum stresses the cost of the war inhuman terms. The destruction ofManila and the 100,000 civilians whodied there is prominently told. This

museum brings out the human side ofthe war by placing personal displaysand video interviews with individualparticipants throughout the area,including soldiers and non-combat-ants. Display cases featuring personalstories include souvenirs, a photo-graph, and sometimes a medal men-tioned in the story.

The area of most interest to ourmembership is the opening display of

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the Pacific War Gallery which de-scribes the buildup to war, the attackson Pearl Harbor and the Philippines,and the siege of Bataan andCorregidor. There is a brief mentionof American troops fighting alongside“indigenous” soldiers, but there is nomention of the Philippine Scouts perse—which is why I was there.

After touring the galleries, I spokewith Paula Ussery, curator of themuseum, and proposed that thePhilippine Scouts Heritage Societyprovide text and materials that couldbe used to tell the Philippine Scouts’story. She was very receptive andknew about the Scouts, having visitedthe display at the Fort Sam HoustonMuseum in San Antonio, TX. How-

ever, to date, the National D-DayMuseum has not acquired or beenoffered materials suitable for a displaydedicated to the Scouts.

In view of the “personal” approachthe D-Day museum takes in its dis-plays, I believe that a few stories ofthe heroism, dedication and determina-tion of some individual Scouts wouldbe a good way to present the Scouts’story to the public at this museum.Most of the individual displaysincorporate a few paragraphs of textabout the person, a photograph, acouple of typical or unusual artifacts(uniform pieces, weapons, letters,etc.), and perhaps a medal. ThePhilippine Scouts’ story should not beleft out of this important museum, and

I would like to call on our members tocontact PRO Mike Houlahan withyour own suggestions.

If you have an opportunity to visitthe National D-Day Museum, do notmiss the movies shown in the firstfloor Forbes Theater. Each hour theyrotate between a movie on the Euro-pean Theater and one on the PacificWar. The Pacific War movie wasproduced by Stephen Ambrose andSteven Spielberg (yes, that StevenSpielberg), and tells the story of thewar through restored color moviefootage and filmed interviews withindividual soldiers—not generals. It isvery poignant, and worth the trip. ThePhilippine Scouts’ story should bethere too.

The following was negotiated withthe museum by First Vice PresidentJohn Patterson.

1. The Museum is encouraged tomaintain the archival and photo filesrelated to the Philippine Scouts in aseparate series of files.

2. Materials related to the Philip-pine Scouts shall be available forpublic access to the greatest extentpractical. It is the Society’s hopethat the Museum will giveappropriate notice of thesematerials to the historical andacademic communities and toother interested entities. TheSociety will designate one of itsmembers as official liaison to theMuseum to assist in this regard.

3. The Society members shallbe granted accompanied accessat the Museum to the itemswhich they donated to theMuseum. The Museum shall, atthe request of the donor member,

Fort Sam Houston MuseumPolicy Regarding the Philippine Scouts Collection

make available a reasonable number ofcopies of printed materials. TheMuseum shall also, at the request ofthe donor, provide photographs of thedonated items.

4. The Museum shall make addi-tions to the Philippine Scouts collec-tion through the acquisition meansnormally available to it to the extentsuch additions are practical.

5. Upon request of the Society, butnot more than annually, the Museumshall render a report to the Society onthe status of the Philippine Scoutscollections, including additions oracquisitions during the year.

6. If the Museum closes or if thePhilippine Scouts collections are nolonger applicable to the Museum’smission or activities, these collections

shall be transferred to theMilitary History Institute atCarlisle Barracks or anotherofficial repository as directed bythe U.S. Army Center of Mili-tary History.

7. The Society may makearrangements for an outsideappraiser to make an appraisalof the Philippine Scouts collec-tions for tax purposes. TheMuseum shall make thesecollections available at theMuseum to the appraiser uponreasonable notice.


1. Bataan: The March of Death byStanley Falk probably is the mostthorough and accurate treatment onthis terrible subject.

2. Honorable Warrior: GeneralHarold K. Johnson by Lewis Sorley.Gen. Johnson was the 57th Infantry(PS) Executive Officer when theJapanese attacked the Philippines.

3. The Fall of the Philippines byLouis Morton as part of the U.S. Armyin WWII: The War in the Pacificseries.

4. O’Donnell, Andersonville of thePacific by Col. John Olson. Detaileddocumentary of the Japanese POWCamp in which thousands of Filipinos,including over 2,600 PhilippineScouts, died of disease, malnutritionand savage cruelty in less than sixmonths. Author was personnel officerof the American Group. $14.00includes postage.

5. The Philippine Scouts edited byCol. John Olson. This large volumepublished by the Philippine ScoutsHeritage Society can be orderedthrough National President Pangan for$27, including postage and handling.

6. Anywhere-Anytime by Col. JohnOlson. History of the 57th Infantry(PS). Many maps rosters and pictures.$17.00, includes postage.

7. The Guerrilla and the Hostage byCol. John Olson. A novel about twobrothers-a PS Officer and an air forcepilot who served on Bataan and theiradventures during and after thecollapse of the Fil-American defense.$17.00 includes postage.

8. Lt. Ramsey’s War: from HorseSoldier to Guerrilla Commander byEdwin Price Ramsey and Stephen J.Rivele.

9. History of the Philippine ScoutsField Artillery by Col. Melvin H.Rosen.

Bibliography on the Philippine Scouts10. 26th Cavalry Regiment by

George A. Rummel.11. Ghost Soldiers by Hampton

Sides. This best seller, soon to bemade into a movie, tells a rivetingstory of the rescue raid on theCabanatuan POW camp and muchmore.

12. History of the PhilippineScouts, 1899-1934 compiled by theU.S. Army War College, Carlisle,Pennsylvania.

13. We Remember Bataan andCorregidor by Mariano Villarin.

14. Bataan: Our Last Ditch by JohnW. Whitman.

15. The Philippine Scouts: TheDevelopment of America’s ColonialArmy by James Richard Woolard.

Books

Articles

The Bulletin of the American Historical Collection Foundation is aquarterly published in Manila and dedicated to recording the historicalrecord of Filipino-American relations during the colonial period andbeyond. Individual copies ($8.75) or subscriptions ($35) are availablethrough:

Book Bin Pacifica228 S.W. Third StreetCorvallis, OR 97333

Phone (541) 752-0045Fax (541) 754-4115

e-mail: [email protected]

1. “Their Finest Hour: The Philip-pine Scouts in Bataan” by J. MichaelHoulahan. Filipinas, October 2002,pp. 49-51.

2. “A Sack of Cement” by Col.John Olson. Bulletin of the AmericanHistorical Collection Foundation,October-December 2001, pp. 44-50.

3. “Philippine Scouts CelebrateCentennial” by Col. John Olson.Bulletin of the American Historical

Collection Foundation, October-December 2001, pp. 76-9.

4. “Remembering the PhilippineScouts” by Beth Day Romulo. Bulle-tin of the American Historical Collec-tion Foundation, October-December2001, pp 71-5.

5. “The Philippine Scouts and theDefense of Bataan” by J. MichaelHoulahan. Bulletin of the AmericanHistorical Collection Foundation,April-June 2001, pp. 4-12.

6. “Two Bataan Veterans Tell TheirStories” by Sen. John Patterson.Bulletin of the American HistoricalCollection Foundation, April-June2001, pp. 13-43.

Editor’s NoteScout-related articles from the

Bulletin or back issues of the newslet-ter may be obtained through Newslet-ter Editor Houlahan for postage andhandling charges of $1.75 for the firstarticle or newsletter and $1.50 for eachadditional article or newsletter backissue. See the newsletter back pagefor book order addresses of Col. Olsonand National President Pangan orarticle/newsletter address of EditorHoulahan. Please include a check ormoney order to cover costs.


A new service on our websitewww.philippine-scouts.org is theScout Information Exchange sug-gested by webmaster ChristaHoulahan. This page is intended toimprove communication within theSociety and between our members andothers interested in the historicalheritage of the Philippine Scouts. Itwill function as an informationexchange, reporting on new articles,books and films on the Scouts, aidinghistorical researchers and solicitingadditional information on individualScouts and Scout units.

Please contact us [email protected] if youcan supply additional information onthe military service of any of thefollowing personnel who served in orwith the Philippine Scouts:

Dr. Phillip Bress was a medicalofficer who perished on the “hell ship”Arisan Maru. His U.S. serial numberwas O-311687 and his POW number166110.

Tech 5 Joseph H. Egan, Jr., 35 217915 joined the service on 26 April1943. He served in the Pacific theater,possibly on Bougainville as well as onLeyte and Okinawa. He was attachedto the Philippine Scouts sometimearound 14 October 1944. His finalknown military address was the 25thReplacement Depot on Okinawa in1945.

Capt. Emilio Mesias II, was aPhilippine Scout from Samar who diedsomewhere in Mindanao duringWWII. He joined the Scouts in thelate 20s or early 30s and was stationedin Negros, Cotabato and Zamboangabefore the war. He was either with anartillery or a cavalry unit at the time ofhis death.

Scout Information ExchangeAlfonso Policiano was born in Villa

Real Islands in the Philippines andserved in the U.S. Army from Aug. 16,1919 until Aug. 15, 1925 and fromAug. 22, 1942 until April 16,1943during which time he served as aScout with either the First PhilippineInfantry or the First Filipino Infantry.

By America’s entry into World WarI, 52 companies of Scouts had beenformed into a dozen battalions. In1917, these battalions were furtherconsolidated to form four provisionalregiments, designated the 1st through4th Philippine Infantry (Provisional),and the 1st Philippine Field Artillery(Provisional). These regiments were inturn formally incorporated into thenumerical structure of the RegularArmy when, in 1920, they wereconsolidated (on paper) with severalinactivated Regular Army regimentsformed during World War I andredesignated the 43rd, 45th, 57th,62nd Infantry and 24th and 25th FieldArtillery (Philippine Scouts). Althoughthe 43rd, 62nd Infantry and 25th FieldArtillery (PS) were disbanded in 1922because of the reduction of the army,several of the battalions were used toform the new 26th Cavalry (PS).

Two units known as the First andSecond Filipino Infantry Regimentswere formed in California in 1942,consisting of Filipinos who were notin the islands when the Japaneseattacked and Filipino-Americanvolunteers. They were part of theArmy of the United States and trainedat Camp Luis Obispo, Fort Ord, CampBeale, and Camp Roberts, Californiathrough mid-1943.

Around April 1943, GeneralCourtney Whitney flew to Californiafrom MacArthur’s headquarters inAustralia, and selected several hun-dred men out of this organization to bebrought to Australia for training inintelligence gathering, radio opera-

tions, weather observation and sabo-tage. They were formed into coastwatcher and “penetration” teams thatwent into the Philippines ahead of theU.S. invasion.

Sgt. Felipe Ubaldo was in BatteryA, 23rd Field Artillery Battalion (PS).He died at Camp O’Donnell on 4September 1942. During his intern-ment, he declined an invitation fromhis cousin to join in an escape at-tempt. The cousin, escaped, survived,and later told family members that Sgt.Ubaldo had declined to join them,saying he was “awaiting orders.”Later, around July 1942, his wifevisited Sgt. Ubaldo at CampO’Donnell. He told her that hethought that all the Filipino POWswould be released “very soon.”[Editor’s note: The Japanese did beginreleasing Filipinos in July, but draggedthis out over several months. CampO’Donnell was completely closed inJanuary, 1943.]

Prior to WWII, Sgt, Ubaldo and hisfamily were stationed at FortStotensburg for over 18 years. Therehe was an active sportsman, captain ofhis battery’s bowling squad, as well ascompeting on equestrian and baseballteams.

From 8 Dec 1941 to 25 Dec 1941 hewas at Fort Stotsenburg under Capt.Coverdale. From that date until 10April 1942 he was on the BataanPeninsula with his unit. He firstenlisted on 2 May 1923 at Dagupan,Pangasinan and was initially assignedto the 24th Field Artillery (PS).

The 23rd Field Artillery (PS) was asmall unit (regiment less one battal-ion). Battery A of the First Battalionsurvived until late January, 1942 whenit was destroyed to prevent it fromfalling into Japanese hands. It hadbeen used effectively to slow Japanese

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advances beginning 23 Dec. 1941.Batteries B and C were destroyed byJapanese counter battery fire in earlyJanuary 1942. Surviving 23d FieldArtillery Battalion (PS) personnelwere then attached to the 91st FieldArtillery of the Philippine Army.

Col. Eugene Laird served with thePhilippine Division during the defenseof Bataan. He was a advisor to Gen-eral MacArthur and a battalioncommanding officer. He was a POWat Camp O’Donnell and CampZentsuyi. The family would appreciateany further information anyone cansupply.

Cabanatuan Rescue: Andy Zare,production coordinator for a docu-mentary about the raid on Cabanatuan,is looking for Filipino guerrillas andveterans who participated in this POWrescue mission and who may haveknown Juan Pajota or Eduardo Joson.The documentary will be aired on thePBS series “The American Experi-ence. Please let us know of possibleinterviewees for this project.

POWS on Japanese Hell Ships:Author John Glusman is looking forinformation on intelligence gathered

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by guerrilla groups concerning POWsloaded aboard Japanese Hell Ships thatdeparted from Pier 7 in Manila duringWWII. Please contact him [email protected]

We also are interested in photos andinformation on the military experi-ences of former Philippine Scouts,

While the PSHS is pleased to assist where possible in obtaininginformation on former and deceased Philippine Scouts, our archives are notextensive. More complete information often can be acquired through the

Department of Veterans Affairs.

To obtain a request form, please call your County Veterans Service Officeor the national VA at (800) 827-1000 and ask for VA Form 180 (RequestPertaining to Military Records). This form is also available on the VA

website www.va.gov.

You also may be able to get a copy of your relative’s military records bywriting to:

National Personnel Records Center9700 Page Road

St. Louis, MO 63132-5100

Other information of possible interest includes:Fact sheet for VA Benefits for Filipino Soldiers

http://www.va.gov/pressrel/filipvet.htmVeterans Benefits and Services for New Philippine Scouts

http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/foreign/scouts.htm

which will be added to our libraryarchives. Short articles on the exploitsof individual Scouts or Scout unitsmay be printed in our newsletter or onthis website. Material may be submit-ted by e-mail or through the postalservice to our Public Relations Officerand Newsletter Editor whose addressappears on our Membership page.

Gentlemen of the Philippine Scouts:

My memories of the PhilippineScouts date back to 1924-26, but theremay be some faint memories of thatperiod still existent. My father, Cap-tain Burton F. Hood USA arrived inManila in 1924. He was initiallyassigned to a headquarters in Manila,but in 1925 he was reassigned to the45th Inf. (PS) in Camp John Hay. Ibelieve that he was assigned to Com-pany A of the PS. A Captain LarryMyers commanded company B. The

post commander was a MajorGarfinkle.

I was only a small boy 5 or 6 yearsold, at that time, but the adventure ofliving there is still fresh in my mind.About once a month the companieslaid aside their native uniforms and thetroops dressed out in their native garb.With their shields and head axes, thismade quite an exciting sight for a boy.Eventually, my mother made me asmall US officer’s uniform that I worecontinually. One day, an AmericanCongressman, Mr. Maas, saw me

strutting around in my uniform and hewas so impressed that he promised me,on the spot, that when the time came,he would award me with an appoint-ment to West Point. Many of thesoldiers in my Dad’s company adoptedme and took me on hikes around thereservation. I also remember that oncea month the mess sergeant broughtover to our quarters, a steaming bowlof bake beans—I still love bakedbeans.

There were about 10 kids living on

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the post so we did not have a school.But a Mrs. Icard took it on to organizea school and we all attended. Mrs.Icard promoted me several times, butwhen we left for the USA I still wasilliterate, and had to do a lot of catch-ing up at my first school in Iowa.Eventually I did catch up to my gradelevel and managed to graduate from

high school with honors. Unfortu-nately, Mr. Maas had Alzheimer’sdisease and I had to make it to WestPoint through the National Guard. Igraduated in 1943, served in Europe inthe infantry, then later, two tours inViet Nam.

I have enjoyed the history andinformation your group has gathered

about the Philippine Scouts. I alwaysknew that the Scouts would give avery good account of themselves inWWII and your account bears out myconfidence.

Sincerely,Burton F. Hood, Jr.Colonel USA Ret.

The following piece was publishedin the March 2, 1942 issue of LIFEmagazine and is reprinted withpermission of Time-Life. CaptainWheeler, of the 26th Cavalry Regiment(PS) survived combat, but died whenthe unmarked Japanese “Hell Ship”transporting him and other AmericanPOWs to Japan mistakenly was sunkby American airplanes.

After the battle of Damortis ourcavalry was assigned to cover thewithdrawal of the infantry to the south.Our tanks had just withdrawn throughus, leaving us as the rear guard.Suddenly two more tanks came rightdown the middle of the road andstopped. I rode over and shouted,“What the hell’s the idea?” A guystuck his head out of the turret, butdidn’t say anything. I cussed him out.He banged the lid down and all hellbroke loose. They were Jap tanks.

There was barbed wire on bothsides of the road, so we couldn’tdeploy. If a man was knocked off hishorse, he was trampled. The rest ofthe regiment went galloping down theroad with bullets going by on bothsides. I heard Major J.J.H. Trapnellcalling my outfit and found him by abridge. He wanted to defend thebridge, but we seemed to be the onlyones left. At that moment LieutenantClayton Michelson of the Veterinary

Rearguard in Luzonby Captain John Wheeler

Corps came up with the Vets’ truck.Why it wasn’t blasted off the road Iwill never know. I helped them push itdown and pour gas on it and the bridgeand light it. The fire just barelystopped the tanks from crossing thebridge and getting at our infantry.

On the way back we had to gothrough Damortis. Japanese patrolshad slipped into Damortis on a flank,effecting a mild encirclement. Therethey were in our rear. The regimentwent through Damortis fast—throughmortar, rifle and machine gun fire,even shells from Jap 47-mm. tankguns. There was no sleep that night ofDecember 22.

The following morning about dawn,the Japanese attacked, throwing firefrom long range. Machine gunschattered on both sides. We withdrewtroops as we usually do by delayingaction, to Pozzorubio. We had tospend the day in foxholes.

That evening we were ordered towithdraw again—about 1.5 miles—toBinalonan. Everything imaginablewas on the road—trucks, infantry,tanks, all mixed up in the pitch dark-ness that concealed us from planes. AtBinalonan we managed to get a fewhours rest for the first time in fourdays. By dawn we heard firing fromthe outposts and were hurriedly calledinto dismounted action to hold againstwhat appeared to be an attack by an

unknown number of tanks and,without any question, a superior forceof Jap infantry who had ridden downin confiscated red buses. I saw fourtanks which moved back and forth onthe highway in from of us about 300yards away—but there were more,most of them medium Jap tankscamouflaged but with Jap flagsflying—probably as protection againsttheir dive bombers. We lay and shotat those damned Jap tanks with .30caliber weapons, usually wondering ifthe Japanese in the tanks would thinkto overrun us. They would stopoccasionally, letting us have a burstfrom their machine guns and 47’s.Our fire seemed to stop the Japs—weknow it didn’t penetrate or damagetheir tanks, but full bursts caused themto slack off a bit.

It was here that Lieutenant Henry D.Mark of Los Angeles led one attack,forcing the Japs to draw back a little.Then Mark himself went across anopen rice field with Japs pouring fireon him. Mark carried some grenadesand was going to try to throw theminto the tanks, but a Jap machinegunner in a tree got him before he was20 yards away. Then Major Hubert W.Sandy of Ketchum, Texas, leaped onone of the self-propelled 75’s that hadcome up and took off, chasing thetanks.

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One of our scouts, Juan Soria,managed to climb atop a Jap tank andtried to pry the lid open with a bayo-net. When that wouldn’t work, Soriatried to cram a grenade down themuzzle of its cannon. Finally one ofthe Japs in the tank managed to stickSoria in the seat of his pants with abayonet, getting him off.

After this fight we dropped backagain to Tayug. On Christmas Eve weate for the first time in 48 hours—canned corned beef, asparagus tips,hardtack and coffee.

All this time the other divisions andregiments were pouring into Bataanbehind us. During Christmas night wewithdrew south of Tayug, reachingUmingan after a 13-mile march, whichis plenty tough in this country. Someof us fell asleep in our saddles on theway. The horses were in bad shape,almost too tired to walk.

There was still nothing between usand the Japanese, but we had pickedup some tanks in Tayug and that was abig help. We couldn’t get water, butoccasional native turnips were swell.The Filipino Scouts were absolutelysplendid—again and again, when wecame in so tired we couldn’t seestraight, I would watch them goingmiles away to find some sort of hayfor the horses. We kept up the dailywithdrawals until about December 28,when our last position covered thefinal closing of the “Gate to Bataan.”

Then we were cut off and forced totake to the mountains as the only routeof withdrawal. We rode off into thehills, wandering three days over themountain trails, leading our horses andeating what little food there was in thesaddlebags. Three of us would share asmall can of beans, one a day. Thethird day we had to shoot a horse forfood. We found a way out, but thendiscovered it was in the Japaneserear—so we had to go back in themountains again. The possibility of

capture never bothered us. We knewwe could eat horses indefinitely andwe could go by dead reckoning,cutting trails if we had to. LieutenantHendricks and I, with a patrol, finallyfound ourselves overlooking ManilaBay. From there on we knew where togo—just a matter of bad trails andpractically carrying the horses up anddown. Finally we made Bagac on theChina Sea side of Bataan. We hadplenty of rest and most of the missingcame in.

Recapturing A Village From The JapsAbout January 16, we learned that

the Japanese were moving southtoward Moron with artillery, alongbeaches and over trails. The Philip-pine Army outfit was ordered toattack, with my mounted troops asadvance guard. Under the veryreassuring sound of our artillery, wemoved forward across a stretch of rice

paddies into the woods which sur-rounded the town. Lieutenant Ramseythere delighted and relieved me byvolunteering to take my advance guardinto Moron, knowing very well that abattalion of roughly 300 Jap infantrywas there. As we neared the town, ourartillery barrage lifted, leaving anunearthly quiet.

Riding in between the houses withpistols raised, we did not know whatwas going to hit us, but knew some-thing would. Halfway to the townsquare I heard Jap machine-gun fire—a characteristic snapping sound causedby higher velocity and smaller projec-tiles than ours, and unmistakable. Irode at the head of the advance partyas we moved up, were fired upon, thenturned around, rode back and wentinto dismounted action. We tied ourhorses between nipa huts, then movedforward down the road with men in

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Captain John Wheeler leads the Machine Gun Troop of the 26th Cavalry Regiment (PS)(Horse) just prior to the Japanese invasion of the Philippines. Captain Wheeler of St.Paul, Minnesota, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and Silver Star for hisheroism in opposing the Japanese landings and fighting a delaying action enablingGeneral Douglas MacArthur to withdraw his Filipino-American forces to defensivepositions on Bataan Peninsula. Prior to military service, Wheeler was cadet captain ofROTC at the University of Minnesota. Wounded in combat early in the war, CaptainWheeler recovered, only to die in the sinking of a Japanese “Hell Ship” near the end ofthe war. This photo from The Cavalry Journal, was originally featured on the cover of thenow defunct magazine’s March/April, 1943 issue.


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each gutter along the sides of thehouses.

A messenger came galloping backfrom Lieutenant Ramsey saying hehad been ambushed by an enemy forcewith machine guns and wanted supportquickly. From there on it was simply amatter of cautiously moving up underheavy rifle fire to Lieutenant Ramseyand his men. They had taken cover asbest they could behind coconut treesand in a ditch. One was dead, threewounded in a small area. It lookedlike more.

Pedro Euperio, Private First Class, a19-year-old raw recruit by Scoutstandards, saw three soldiers aheadwearing Philippine Army uniforms.He moved forward until they fired,then shot quickly—they were Japanesedisguised as Philippine officers.Despite his wounds, Euperio crept onup until ordered to lie down. Aboutthe first thing I saw was Euperiodrenched in blood, propped against thehouse—a pistol in his one good hand,directing us how to move up, indicat-ing points under enemy fire.

We attacked first straight through tothe beach. We fired where we heardfire and were happy to see when wewent through the bushes that therewere dead Japanese. We got straightthrough to the water reorganized andattacked around Ramsey, using him asa pivot, sweeping south and killingthem under houses, in trees and underbushes. About 20 broke, throwingdown all equipment, even guns, in thehigh grass. I was surprised to see twoof my men with bullet holes straightthrough their helmets, yet unscratched.I had Private Gonzalez behind me and,as I went along, I grabbed the Japmaps, compasses and so forth, hangingthem on Gonzalez.

When Ramsey and I met with all theshooting and shouting going on, I was

sure he said to me, “Come on, youyellow ——, let’s get after them.” SoI was outraged and began doing sillythings—going into bushes where noone else would go until I realized howfoolish I was. He had meant thatremark for the enemy all the time.Then there was a lull.

Ramsey and I saw three inertJapanese. Two were dead—the thirdhad been hit in the thigh and shoulder.He would make a begging sign, pullopen his shirt and pull a bayonet pointtoward him. He may have been toldwe killed all Japanese by torture, but Ithink he was just in terrible pain. Wetried to give him water—I left him mycanteen.

Suddenly we heard a machine gunfrom the river and all hell broke looseagain. We realized what we had beenfighting was an advance group and abattalion was forming across the river.We fought in small groups every manfor himself. Sergeant Tolentino ranforward under heavy fire and threw ahand grenade in a house that had beengiving lots of trouble. Later hegrabbed a light machine gun andbegan chasing a squad of Japanesedown the road—moving in on themabsolutely alone and without fear. Igrabbed a rifle and followed himbecause a machine gun does need alittle security. We had no cover, but isseems to me if you run around andfight hard you don’t get hurt—youkeep moving aggressively and it’s thebest defense.

I hit one Jap who was trying toshoot Tolentino. He twisted, squirmedand finally ended hanging over afence. Sergeant Tolentino closed in onone flank, while I went around theother, shooting another Japanese. Justthen his companion leaned aroundbehind a tree and shot me in the leg. Iran back under cover and saw that

Sergeant Tolentino had been shot too.We got him out on a shutter later.About that leg wound of mine—haveyou ever been kicked in the leg by ahorse? It felt just like that. Knowinghow it feels is a great satisfaction -leaving nothing unknown to fear.

Moron was a hail of bullets thatnever stopped. There were so many inthe air that if you put out a sheet ofcloth in five minutes it would havebeen riddled. At first, knowing the Japtactics, I had a nauseated sensation ofbeing trapped—thinking they had letus have our fun and were sweepingaround behind us on both flanks. Wewere out shooting them and could anyday. We fought all day. I can remem-ber running through fire behind somelittle houses trying to get a drink, butall the pumps were dry—our lips wereso swollen we could hardly talk. Butthe Scouts were loyal to the nthdegree—all they said were things like:“Don’t go there, sir, I will go.” —-“They are shooting from that, sir.”—-“Be careful, Captain.” Late thatafternoon my mission had beenaccomplished—the town was seizedand held adequately and I was to fallback again in reserve.

We slipped out on a trail soundalong the beach. The ocean looked socool and peaceful that I felt like takingoff all my clothes and swimming as faras I could—but had no time for that.Moron, incidentally, was held for 24hours after our withdrawal and thefinal withdrawal was by order, makingthis a successful offensive operation. Ihaven’t seen the Silver Star or theDistinguished Service Cross they say Iam getting, but I am curious to seehow they look because somehow theymean a lot. I guess all I ask for afterwe win is that some day I may be ableto take them home with me.


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