PARANGAL
SA
MGA BAYANI
HONORING
THE HEROES
The Filipino Burial Detail,
in Camp O'Donnell.
The 100 to 800 Filipino Deaths
a Day, While in that Prison Camp.
The Filipino Soldiers Buried
their Dead 24 Hours a Day.
MOSCONE CENTER
SAN FRANCISCO,
CA
SATURDAY AUGUST
31, 2002
8:30 AM
THIS EVENT
WILL BE A PART OF THE
1ST GLOBAL
FILIPINO COMMUNITY
NETWORKING
CONVENTION
AUGUST 31,
2002 AND
SEPTEMBER
1, 2002
INVITED KEYNOTE
SPEAKERS
President Gloria
Macapagal Arroyo
US Sec. of
State Collin Powell
Hawaii Governor
Benjamin Cayetano
California
Governor Grey Davis
Rear Admiral
Connie Mariano
Singer Lea
Salonga
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The Philippine
Commonwealth
Army was called
to arms by a
United States
President.
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"I hereby call
and order into the service of the armed forces of the United States for
the period of the existing emergency, and place under the command of a
general officer, United States Army, to be designated by the Secretary
of War all of the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth
of the Philippines."
Pres. F.D.
Roosevelt, July 26, 1941
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The Philippine
Commonwealth
Army was led
to battle by
a US General.
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"The War Department,
effective 26 July 1941, constituted a command designated as the United
States Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE).
This command
includes the Philippine Department, forces of the Government of the
Commonwealth of the Philippines called and
ordered
into active service of the Armed Forces of the United States for the period
of the existing emergency, and such other forces as may be assigned to
it. Headquarters is established in
Manila, Philippines.
The undersigned
hereby assumed command.
(Sgd.) DOUGLAS
MACARTHUR
Commanding
General United States Army Forces in the Far East"
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This included
the men who may
be subsequently
called
into active
duty.
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"Personnel of
the Philippine Army which may hereafter be called to active duty and units
thereof which may hereafter be activated are hereby called into the service
of the Armed Forces of the United States in the Philippines, effective
on the date of acceptance and will be accepted for such service by officers
in the service of the United States Army in the Philippines.
By command
of Lieutenant General MacArthur:
R.K. SUTHERLAND
Brigadier
General Chief of Staff"
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12,000 Americans
and 62,000 Filipinos defended the Bataan Peninsula. The Defense of
Bataan was one of the most important campaigns of WW II, in the Pacific.
It destroyed the Japanese time-line for their conquest of South East Asia.
It gave the Allied forces the necessary time to rebuild their Pacific forces.
It was also America's greatest military tragedy.
Gen. Edward
P. King told his men, in Camp O'Donnell, "Our mission was to lay down a
bunt." It was a very expensive bunt to lay down for the Filipinos
and the Americans who defended Bataan.
Filipino Soldiers Killed
on the Bataan Death March
Show your support
for these "Unknown American Heroes", the soldiers of the Commonwealth of
the Philippines. From the beaches in Vigan and Damortis, down through
the five defensive lines on Northern Luzon, and through battles on Bataan,
Filipino Soldiers were present and performed heroically.
On April 2,
2002, members of the Battling Bastards of Bataan were installed as members
of the Filipino Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor.
Bill Onofry Hugging a Filipino
Veteran After Americans
Were Installed Into the
Filipino Veterans Organization.
For information
on how you can join this event, please contact:
Lourdes
Santos Tancinco
You may also
call Lourdes at:
(415) 255-2347
Or
Angela of
the
National Network
for Veterans Equity
(510) 465-9876
You may also
contact me,
Fred
Baldassarre, Webmaster
for
the Battling Bastards of Bataan.
The Battling
Bastards of Bataan
Supports this
Event and Justice for the Filipino Veteran. It is Time to Honor these American
Heroes and Give Them What They Have Earned Through Battle and Sacrifice!
Contact
The
Battling Bastards of Bataan
Read
a piece written by Colonel Rafael Estrada,
Commander
of the Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor.
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