Here's one website about Corregidor where you can get lost for days surfing all the information and photos including pre-war era. corregidor.org...
[IMG] US World War II tank dredged from Manila Bay - Nation - GMANews.TV - Official Website of GMA News and Public Affairs - Latest Philippine...
The Philippine Scouts were not "viewed" as part of the US Army. They were in fact US Army just as much as the 442nd Nissei infantry regiment was....
Good info, thanks. It could be the Dixie division he needs information on. I assumed the question was for the 31st Infantry because the subject...
Hi Gregg, The 31st Infantry was formed in the Philippines in 1916. Not sure if they were created from NG units. Here's a little info on them....
If I'm going to pick a reason, it would be this one. As simple as that. The two theaters are apples and oranges to compare. They both have their...
Sideshow or not, I'd like to take the opportunity to salute and remember these men. To them it was The Show. (click for bigger) [IMG] [IMG]...
A sideshow?... that hurts. Don't tell that to any of the Battlin' Bastards who suffered because it was a "sideshow" [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Bataan (winner by a landslide) the rest: - Pearl Harbor - Midway - Normandy - Market Garden (I blame the movies: Tora Tora, Midway, Longest Day,...
Hello, sorry to bring this thread back and a little off-topic at that. I was just browsing and saw the question about when the garand first saw...
Did you notice how they said in the video that it's a .308 caliber round? :)
I know a Bataan veteran from the 31st Infantry (one of the regiments in the US Army's Philippine Division), he told me that they loved the garand....
Shining Through (Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith) Memphis Belle (it's not a chick flick but there's a hangar dance and all the clean cut Air...
Another one called by the Commander in Chief. Taps and salutes.
Passing on an interesting piece of memoir by a Japanese 2nd Lt. about the battles in Bataan. Originally forwarded to me in an email by Mike...
I'm not sure if I read it in this book but I thought that in Donald R. Burgett's "Currahee!" book, he mentioned encountering a German with a "Buck...
I heard from someone who was there that about half of the 500 people in the venue stood up for the applause, half didn't. Some vets were...
Didn't see this one posted yet. AFP: Japan envoy apologizes to aging Bataan victims Japan envoy apologizes to aging Bataan victims 15 hours...
The weekend of May 8th, we hosted the 25th annual reunion of the Philippine Scouts Heritage Society in Long Beach, California. These men were...
I'm assuming you're referring to the Santo Tomas Interment Camp (STIC)? You can start with these: Manila Memories Amazon.com: Manila...
