History of the Philippine Scouts
Heritage of Valor: A History of the Philippine Scouts
Fort Sam Houston Museum. As an element of the United States Army, the Philippine Scouts existed for slightly more than four decades. In that time, they earned a reputation for military professionalism and left behind a heritage of valor.
The Philippine Scouts: A Brief History
By Col. John E. Olson, USA (Ret.). "Stand aside, the Scouts are coming." These simple words contained in a poem written by an American officer shortly after the fall of Bataan as a tribute to some of the finest soldiers ever to serve in the U.S. Army.
Forgotten Soldiers: A Documentary
This is the story of a group of elite US Army soldiers who fought America's first major ground battle of the Second World War. They were General MacArthur's best soldiers at the start of the conflict.
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 the war.
PS Medal of Honor Recipients
Read brief tributes to the five gallant and courageous Philippine Scouts who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for going beyond the call of duty.
Heroes of WWII
By John A. Patterson. Those who know the history of the Philippine Scouts stand in awe of their exploits during World War II. It is their spirited combat against the Japanese in one action after another for which they are most famous.
Bataan: Their Finest Hour
By J. Michael Houlahan. The heroic role played by the Philippine Scouts [PS] in the defense of Bataan is one of the best kept secrets of the war. In fact, the most decorated U.S. Army units in the early days of World War II were composed of Filipinos.
Bataan: Victory in Defeat
By Larry L. Pangan. Sixty years ago on April 9, 1942, elements of the U.S. Armed Forces in the Far East on the Bataan Peninsula, surrendered to the enemy. It was the largest known mass surrender of any contingent in U.S. Armed Forces history.
Bataan: Causes Revisited
By Jim Nelson. The fall of the Philippines was the largest defeat of an American armed force in the history of the United States, and the Bataan Death March was the most brutal series of war crimes ever committed.
The Bataan Death March
By Maj. Federico Foz. When Bataan surrendered, the Japanese forced 76,000 Filipino and American soldiers to march to the Camp O’Donnell POW Camp. Maj. Foz writes about his experiences on that long march of death.
PS Post-WWII
By J. Michael Houlahan. Following WWII, the U.S. Army reconstructed the Philippine Scouts around the approximately 6,000 Scouts who survived and was used in occupation duty and guard duty assignments elsewhere.