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The site is intended to help support the mission of preserving the history, heritage and legacy of the Philippine Scouts for present and future generations. Please explore the site, and learn more about the Philippine Scouts.
If you have questions about the organization, or would like to share your story, please email or post a message to our message board.
If you have questions concerning veterans' benefits, go to our Veterans Affairs & Benefits page in our newly structured Resources page for links to the Department of Veterans Affairs and the U.S. Embassy in Manila.
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Last Updated: 6-March-2008
PSHS 24th Annual Reunion May 23-24, 2008
Burlingame, California
The 24th Annual Reunion of the Philippine Scouts Heritage Society will take place May 23 & May 24, 2008 at the Embassy Suites Hotel, Burlingame, California (near the San Francisco Airport).
The reunion and business meeting of the Society will include presentations and panels concerning the early days of World War II in the Philippines, as well as exhibits of scout memorabilia, photos and insignias. A registration form for the reunion and an advertising form for the reunion souvenir program can be accessed through the following links:
For additional information, you can contact the host chapter President at (650) 756-9057 and or the Society's President at (401) 885-7776 and .
Sen. John A. Patterson, President
Philippine Scouts Heritage Society
Mount Samat Memorial
The following photos were taken by Joe Calugas and include a panel depicting Sgt. Jose Calugas, Sr. during the engagement for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor. (The monument has him manning a machine gun, rather than an artillery piece.)
The Philippine Scouts
by Chris Schaefer
These were General MacArthur's soldiers—the guys who fought America's first battle of World War II. The Philippine Division. Probably the best trained and possibly the best prepared U.S. Army division at the outset of that war.
But they weren't farm boys from Kansas and California, or Italian-Americans from New Jersey as depicted in the black and white movies made during and after the war years. They were mostly Filipinos serving as enlisted soldiers in United States Army units commanded by American officers. They were special men in special units, officially designated "Philippine Scouts." At the beginning of World War II, General Douglas MacArthur's U.S. Army Forces in the Far East, spearheaded by the Philippine Division, were mostly Filipinos.
Poems
» To the Philippine Scouts by 1st Lt. Henry Lee
» Bataan by Mallie Wilson Farrell
» Bataan Falls! by Don Blanding
26th Cavalry Re-enactor
Rudy Cabigas, a retired San Jose Fire Department Captain, representing a Filipino trooper of the legendary the 26th Cavalry, Philippine Scouts. His father and an uncle served with the 26th.
USAFFE defenders of Bataan and Corregidor
Ft. MacArthur, San Pedro, CA.
Buhay Ng Kasaysayan (BNK) re-enacting the USAFFE defenders of Bataan and Corregidor last May 6, 2007.
Macabebe Scouts
Macabebe Scouts, formed in 1901, a few weeks before the Philippine Scouts were formed. Later most of them were integrated into the Philippine Scouts. (Photo provided by Philip Garcia.)
Re-enactors
These photos are by Philip Garcia and were originally posted on Victor Verano’s reenactors website.
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