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Post by frank on Jun 23, 2011 15:46:29 GMT -5
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Post by labrador on Jun 24, 2011 2:18:06 GMT -5
i think i've seen it at fully booked filipiniana section.
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Post by VeeVee on Jun 24, 2011 7:51:41 GMT -5
Thanks Frank.
If I don't win this ebay item I'll ask a friend to buy it for me there. It will be cheaper... it's just that I tend to trade money for time sometimes, willing to pay more to get something faster.
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Post by VeeVee on Jun 25, 2011 18:40:26 GMT -5
It is in the Filipiniana section of Fully Booked! Thanks Albert. A friend of mine got me a copy this weekend  She'll be mailing it to me this week.  |
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Post by VeeVee on Jun 30, 2011 23:03:01 GMT -5
The book arrived! Thanks to a very good friend I've only thumbed through it but it's chock-full of sights, sounds, smells, and personal insights. The author was not a pre-war regular army Scout but had been incorporated into the 88th FA from a Philippine Army field artillery unit. (I think. I still have to read it) (click for bigger)  Some excerpts: ...For many years prior to the outbreak of World War II, the Philippine Scouts cavalry troops regularly conducted annual maneuvers or patrols in Moron, Bataan (where I was born and grew up), during the dry summer months of March and April. Moron was then an isolated town facing the China Sea at the northwestern coast of Bataan Peninsula.
...The cavalry troops would stay for several days in the town and environs. Even in their limited fraternization with the locals they brought welcome outside influence to the town folks who were cut off from the outside world. I recall that some of the Scouts would treat us kids as well as their friends with small gifts of canned fruits, fruit juices, canned meat, and chocolate candies, probably spared out of their rations. The soldiers flirted with local girls, to the envy and jealousy of local Romeos.
...We admired the horses of the cavalry Scouts, which were big and impressive, and contrasted sharply with the small local native ponies.
...In the pre-war annual Manila Carnival held at the Sunken Gardens outside the Intramuros Walls, the nightly "Horse Show" performed by the 26th Cavalry, Philippine Scouts, was the star attraction. The Scouts performed spectacular acrobatic stunts on horseback; they also had impressive cavalry drills, horsemanship riding exhibitions and even mock "American Indian" attacks and cavalry charges. The Carnival goers went home only after the "Horse Show" was over, usually about midnight. |
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Post by frank on Jul 11, 2011 17:30:53 GMT -5
What was the Manila price?
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moroni
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Post by moroni on Jul 13, 2011 8:24:31 GMT -5
Frank, just purchase the book today at National Book Store, Cubao Main Branch for 495 pesos. the smaller branch in Farmers Cubao and Fully booked in Gateway are all sold out.
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Post by labrador on Oct 3, 2011 5:17:07 GMT -5
just finished reading this. wonderful read...Lot's of revealing snippets and insights about the campaign from the unique view of a barely trained artilleryman transferred from the PA to the PS in the first few days of the conflict. It's also a very good look at the war from an artillery and forward observer's viewpoint. Lt Guerrero was a very lucky (and courageous) man from what i've just read.
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Post by VeeVee on Oct 4, 2011 7:40:28 GMT -5
Indeed! It gave me additional specific information on where the 88th FA was positioned during the Layac battle when Sgt Jose Calugas earned the Medal of Honor. pinoyhistory.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=wwii&action=display&thread=1422I'm in contact with the author's grandson. They're looking to attend the PSHS reunion next year It would be really nice if Joe Calugas could meet him. |
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Post by labrador on Oct 4, 2011 10:22:07 GMT -5
nice, it would be great to meet them...and to finally meet you!
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Post by VeeVee on Oct 7, 2011 5:54:22 GMT -5
Hi Albert, yes it would be nice for you all to meet everyone.
I'm not going to be able to go, though I'm helping plan for it.
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She'll be mailing it to me this week. 