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Mar 17, 2016 · The Philippines Campaign of 1941-42 saw the American and Filipino forces come together to fight the Japanese for control of the country. Some 151,000 Allied troops went up against just shy of 130,000 enemy soldiers, who brought with them a staggering 541 aircraft, on top of 90 tanks.
Oct 29, 2021 · Decades after the war, South Korea still celebrates the Fighting Filipinos, otherwise known as the Philippine Expeditionary Forces to Korea (PEFTOK). It was a small group of Filipino soldiers, but they led to major victories in the Korean War.
Apr 19, 2018 · In one remarkable mission, U.S. Rangers and Alamo Scouts, along with Filipino guerrillas freed some 500 American and Allied POWs from a camp near Cabanatuan City on Luzon. Of the 133 American soldiers, only two were killed, and only about two dozen injuries were reported among the 250-280 Filipinos who participated.
Jan 21, 2022 · Centuries of infighting and struggling against foreign oppression have forged Filipinos into one of the toughest and bravest races in the world. Our history alone is filled with the exploits of courageous Filipino fighters such as Lapu-Lapu and Gregorio del Pilar.
Fighting the guerrillas – apart from the Japanese regular forces – were a Japanese-formed Bureau of Constabulary (later taking the name of the old Philippine Constabulary during the Second Republic), the Kenpeitai (the Japanese military police), and the Makapili (Filipinos fighting for the Japanese).
In recent decades, we have fought against despots and against corrupt governance. We have been fighting for human rights, and for the right to feed our families. No matter history’s course, Filipinos have always been fighting the good fight. We have not not been fighting for something.
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