Dauntless: The 1st & 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiments
United States Army
Fought to Free the Philippines; a Secret Group Returned Before the Allies 1941.
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Pages 565 to 761 are primary documents including letters, proclamations, photographs and names of the participants.
Pages 1 to 564 includes written narratives and analysis of 1st and 2nd Filipino Regiment.
The children of the men who were so proud of their fathers, shared their stories that fleshed out the daunting experiences they underwent in the jungles of the islands.
Large gaps about their exploits in the Philippines had to be filled in largely from guerrilla records to complete their story.
But the secrecy of the covert missions to the islands challenged the creation of their chronological history.
Why were these suicidal missions sent to the Philippines in the two years before his return? And why were they a secret? Discovering that her father was a member of this clandestine unit, author Marie Silva Vallejo was compelled to find out.
From the Regiments formed the First Reconnaissance Battalion (Special) and the 978th Signal Service Company, secret military units highly trained and known only to General Douglas MacArthur and a few of his staff.
From the unit came the First and Second Infantry Regiments that returned with the liberation forces.
The questioned arose: why did they join when their entire life in California was debased with systemic and rampant anti-Filipino sentiment and legislation? What complicated patriotism had made thousands of Filipino men in America volunteer into the Army despite decades of horrible inequities inflicted upon them? Was it even worth it? The First Filipino Battalion was formed, and around 7,000 eagerly volunteered.
Army\'s First Filipino Battalion.
With the Philippines attacked, Filipinos living in the United States of America up and volunteered for the military--burning with the desire to return to their motherland and repel the enemy.
It was the mainspring for the entry of the United States into World War II and catalyzed the formation of the U.
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Roosevelt dubbed the attack the date that will live in infamy.
President Franklin D.
Less than ten hours after, the Japanese invasion of the Philippines began.
At almost eight in the morning, the Japanese launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor that ended with thousands of American casualties.
December 7.
Dauntless: The 1st & 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiments
United States Army
Fought to Free the Philippines; a Secret Group Returned Before the Allies 1941
