Post by VeeVee on Sept 8, 2011 12:46:07 GMT -5
I'd like to share an email sent by Ron Mandell.
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Below, please find the information reference the three New PS Scouts here in Guam. Sorry for the long hold up. I had a difficult time reestablsihing contact with one of the Scouts, in order to get his discharge date.
Corporal REGINO ESCANO SORIANO
Serial Number: PS 10 332 431, MOS 07H, Skilled Line & Powerman
Born 7 Sep e27, in Malasique, Pangasinan. Province
Current Address: P.O. Box 9016, Tamuning, Guam 96931 (671) 649-9896
Cpl Soriano enlisted on 1 July 1946, at a recruiting center located in the city of San Juan*, La Union Province. He was 18, and ten months years of age at that time, and residing in the nearby town (near to Malasique) of San Carlos. He, along with other potential enlistees was transported to the San Juan recruiting center, from San Carlos City Hall, in U.S. Army trucks. Cpl Soriano recalls that a PS privatees pay was $50 a month at that time.
Cpl Soriano enlisted in the PS upon the advice of his brother, who had served as a guerrilla under CPT Charles Putnam, a mining engineer, turned guerrilla, who served under LTC Edwin Ramsey, in the ECLGA (East Central Luzon Guerilla Area).
After approximately three months of basic training at Fort Stosenburg, Dau, Angeles City, Pampanga Province, he was assigned to a training cadre unit, run by the the U.S. Army 86th Infantry (Blackhawk) Division**, at Alabang, Laguna Province., where he assisted in the infantry training of incoming scouts. The camp CO was a COL Ubang (Eubank?)***
In January of 1947, after a period of approximately six months, in Alabang, Cpl Soriano, boarded ship at North Harbor, Manila, along with approximately 500 other Scouts, for Okinawa. Arriving at Naha Harbor, his group was met by 6X6 trucks, and transported to the 51st Engineer Battalion****, in Naha City, where he was assigned to the Service and Construction Company. Cpl Soriano recalls being issued woolen winter uniforms, prior to departure.
Some months later, Cpl Soriano was flown by air from Naha Air Base, to Toyoto, where he proceeded by train to the 8th Army Engineer School***** (located at Nihsimisoro (phonetic spelling), Japan, for approximately seven months of engineer training.
At the conclusion of his training, Cpl Soriano returned to Okinawa, and the 51st Engineer Battalion, by ship.
In December of 1948, Cpl Soriano was transported by ship back to Philippines, where, after four days break in travel, at Fort William McKinley, he was assigned to the 57th Infantry Regiment (PS), at Fort Stosenburg, Dau, Angeles City, Pampanga Province.
After approximately two months, Cpl Soriano was assigned TDY (temporary duty) to Base Maintenance, at Camp John Hay, in Baguio City.
After approximately three months, in May of 1949, Cpl Soriano was transferred to the PS Discharge Center, on Highway 54, in Quezon City******, to await discharge. He recalls the discharge center as a tent city of approximately 700 squad sized tents. Cpl Soriano was honorably discharged on 4 May 1949.
Cpl Soriano relates that during all of his PS service in the Philippines, he and his comrades wore the PS gCarabaoh patch on his left shoulder, however, while overseas, they wore the PS gSea Lionh shoulder patch on their left shoulder, and the gAPIS??g******* patch on their right shoulder. I was able to find no information on the latter patch, if indeed I am spelling it correctly. I could find no WWII Army shoulder patch, which seemed to fit that nomenclature.
* I was unable to come up with a camp name for the recruiting center in San Juan.
** According to the internet, the Blackhawk Div was assigned in the RP, from Oct 1946, to Dec 1946, with the dual role of training and equipping Philippine Commonwealth and Scout troops in the Manila area, and hunting down Japanese Army stragglers, on Luzon. I could find no record for the name of their camp
*** I was unable to find a record of a COL gUbangg. I was able to find one of COL Eugene Eubank. He was however, commander of MacArthurfs air force on 8 Dec 1941. There is a record of his returning to the Philippines immediately after the war as commander of Clark Field.
**** I was unable to come up with a camp name for the 51st Engineer Battalion, in Okinawa.
***** I believe that the g8th Army Engineer Schoolh Cpl Soriano refers to was the headquarters of the 8th Engineer Combat Battalion, located at Camp Drake, Asaka, Japan. I can find no city in Japan, with a name which very closely resembled gNihsimisoroh.
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****** I could find no camp name for the PS discharge center in Quezon City. Cpl Soriano believes that it was not Camp Murphy
******* I was unable to find any information on the gAPISh patch, if indeed I am spelling it correctly. I could find no WWII Army shoulder patch, which seemed to fit that nomenclature.
Cpl LEOVIGILDO MATANGA EBESATE
Serial Number: PS 10 344 264, Infantry
Born 20 Aug 1926, in Bulwang, Aklan Province
Current Address: P.O. Box 9301, Dededo, Guam 96929 (671) 632-3244
Cpl Ebesate enlisted in the PS on 10 Sep 1946, at a recruiting center located on Taft Ave, in Manila. He was 20 years old at that time, and residing in nearby Sampaloc, Manila.
Cpl Ebesate learned that the Philippine Scouts were recruited from a friend of his. He was unemployed at the time, and he liked the idea of being a Philippine Scout, under the Americans.
Cpl Ebesate does not recall attending formal basic training. Rather, he recalls being immediately assigned to F Company, of the 44th Infantry Regiment (PS), at a camp located in Marikina, Rizal Province, where he was issued three sets of green fatigues, three caps three pairs of brown boots, and three pairs of black, high top tennis shoes, and received OJT Infantry training.
In Jan of 1947, the 44th Infantry was posted to Camp Nupunja, Okinawa, proceeding there aboard the USS Edgar Thomas Collins (AP-147)*. Cpl Ebesate recalls his Platoon SGT as being a MSG Palomo, and his 1SG as being a 1SG Alcala. Prior to shipping out, the troops were issued three sets of khaki uniforms. Upon arrival in Okinawa, they were issued three sets of OD Green wool uniforms. Cpl Ebesate recalls wearing the gRed Diamondh** patch on their right shoulder, and the gSea Lionh patch on their left, while in Okinawa.
Cpl Ebesate was promoted to Corporal 1 Jun 1947, with the letterhead of the order reflecting gCamp Nupunja, Okinawa, APO 331h. The order was signed by Frank A. Stangle, 1LT, CC? (the remainder of line is torn away), F Company, 44th Infantry Regiment (PS).
In Jan of 1949, the 44th Infantry boarded the USS Martin*** (as Cpl Ebesate recalls) for transport back to the Philippines. Upon arrival back in the Philippines, Cpl Ebesate was directed to the PS discharge center, in Marikina. He was discharged on 28 Jan 1949. The discharge certificate is signed by James F. Quinn, Lieutenant Colonel, Quartermaster. At that time, Cpl Ebesate was also issued a discharge letter of appreciation, with the letterhead of Headquarters, Philippines Command, APO 707, dated 28 Jan 1949, and signed by J.W. Anderson, Major General ****, U.S. Army, Commanding. The letterhead is flanked by the gCarabaoh patch on the top left, and the gSea Lionh patch, on the top right.
*The USS General E.T. Collins (AP-147, was a General G.O Squier class transport ship, for the U.S. Navy, in WWII. She was constructed by Kaiser Co, Inc, Richmond, CA, with a capacity of 2183 troops, and launched on 22 January 1944, and commissioned on 20 July 1944. She was named in honor of U.S. Army general Edgar Thomas Collins. She was transferred to the U.S. Army on 17 Jun 1946, as USAT General E. T. Collins in 1946. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service as the General E. T. Collins (T-AP-147). She was later sold for commercial operation under the name SS New Orleans before being eventually scrapped.
The General E. T. Collins saw service as a transport from 14 August 1944, through out the remainder of the war, transporting from San Diego, San Francisco, and Fremantle, Australia to Pearl Harbor, Eniwetok, Saipan, Guam, and Kwajalein the the Pacific fighting. Following the Japanese surrender, the ship arrived at San Pedro, CA, 22 September with returning veterans, and joined the gMagic-Carpetg fleet in the giant task of bringing home the thousands of troops from the Pacific islands.
On 1 March 1950 the veteran transport was reacquired by the Navy for use by the MSTS with a civil service crew. At the outbreak of the war in Korea, the ship began transporting American troops to Korea. She was at Pusan, 12 December 1950 when orders came to sail to Hungnam for the famous evacuation of UN troops from that port. The General E. T. Collins arrived 14 December and, took on more than 6,000 exhausted troops, three times her troop-carrying capacity. After these fighters were safely debarked at Pusan, the ship returned to Hungnam on Christmas Eve to bring out another load of troops to Pusan).
** The gRed Diamond Patchh, apparently refers to the 5th Infantry Div, however my research seems to indicate that they were never posted to the Pacific during or immediately after WWII.
*** The only gUSS Martinh, I was able to discover was a WWII destroyer escort (DE-30), Evarts-class, constructed for the U.S. Navy, launched on 18 May 1943, and commissioned on 4 September 1943. She did serve in the Pacific, but was decommissioned on 19 November 1945, which was approximately two years before the 44th Infantry sailed back to the Philippines.
**** I can find no record of Major General J.W. Anderson connected with the Philippines, however there is a record of him commanding the 3rd Infantry Division, during the North Africa landings.
PFC HERMOGENES SEGAYA GUANGA
Seial Number: PS 10 317 098
Born 8 May 1925, in Abangay, Dingle, Iloilo Province
Current Address: Ghura 82 D19, Santa Barbara St., Dededo, Guam 96929 (671) 632-2660
PFC Guanga enlisted in July of 1946, at Camp Hernandez*, Dingle, Iloilo Province, by a recruiting team, from Iloilo City. He was 21 years old at that time, and residing in nearby Abangay, Dingle, Iloilo Province.
Leaving Camp Hernandez, PFC Guanga was transported from Iloilo City, by U.S. Army ship to Manila, and hence onward by 6X6 Army trucks, to Camp OfDonnell, Capas, Tarloc Province, where he underwent basic Infantry training. Prior to the commencement of training, he was issued three sets of Khaki uniforms, two overseas caps, and one pair each of leather low quarter shoes, leather combat boots, and tennis shoes for PT.
Upon completion of basic training, PFC Guanga remained at Camp OfDonnel, under assignment to an MP Platoon, under Headquarters of the 12th Infantry Division (PS), where he received on-the-job training as a military police officer. PFC Guanga recalls his Platoon SGT as being a SSG Cacatian, and his Company CO as being a 1LT Green. Although he carried an M-1 Garand during basic training, he was issued an M-1 carbine while assigned as an MP.
After approximately a year at Camp OfDonnell, PFC Guanga was transferred to the 501st Engineer Construction Company, at Camp MARBO (Marianas Bonins Command), Guam**, where he again received OJT training in building military barracks, and other facilities. During this period, PFC Guanga was assigned TDY to Admin school for three months, after which, he returned to the 501st Engineer Company, as an Admin Clerk.
In Feb of 1949, PFC Guanga boarded the USS Paul Buck*** enroute to Manila for discharge.
Upon arrival in Manila, he and his companions were transported by 6X6 truck to Marikina, Rizal Province, where he was discharged on 19 Feb 1949.
* Camp Hernandez still exists as a Philippine Army Camp.
** Camp MARBO was located just south of the current Andersen U.S. Air Force Base.
*** The internet makes mention of the USS Paul Buck (AOT-1122), as being a Liberty Ship. No further information was available.
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Below, please find the information reference the three New PS Scouts here in Guam. Sorry for the long hold up. I had a difficult time reestablsihing contact with one of the Scouts, in order to get his discharge date.
Corporal REGINO ESCANO SORIANO
Serial Number: PS 10 332 431, MOS 07H, Skilled Line & Powerman
Born 7 Sep e27, in Malasique, Pangasinan. Province
Current Address: P.O. Box 9016, Tamuning, Guam 96931 (671) 649-9896
Cpl Soriano enlisted on 1 July 1946, at a recruiting center located in the city of San Juan*, La Union Province. He was 18, and ten months years of age at that time, and residing in the nearby town (near to Malasique) of San Carlos. He, along with other potential enlistees was transported to the San Juan recruiting center, from San Carlos City Hall, in U.S. Army trucks. Cpl Soriano recalls that a PS privatees pay was $50 a month at that time.
Cpl Soriano enlisted in the PS upon the advice of his brother, who had served as a guerrilla under CPT Charles Putnam, a mining engineer, turned guerrilla, who served under LTC Edwin Ramsey, in the ECLGA (East Central Luzon Guerilla Area).
After approximately three months of basic training at Fort Stosenburg, Dau, Angeles City, Pampanga Province, he was assigned to a training cadre unit, run by the the U.S. Army 86th Infantry (Blackhawk) Division**, at Alabang, Laguna Province., where he assisted in the infantry training of incoming scouts. The camp CO was a COL Ubang (Eubank?)***
In January of 1947, after a period of approximately six months, in Alabang, Cpl Soriano, boarded ship at North Harbor, Manila, along with approximately 500 other Scouts, for Okinawa. Arriving at Naha Harbor, his group was met by 6X6 trucks, and transported to the 51st Engineer Battalion****, in Naha City, where he was assigned to the Service and Construction Company. Cpl Soriano recalls being issued woolen winter uniforms, prior to departure.
Some months later, Cpl Soriano was flown by air from Naha Air Base, to Toyoto, where he proceeded by train to the 8th Army Engineer School***** (located at Nihsimisoro (phonetic spelling), Japan, for approximately seven months of engineer training.
At the conclusion of his training, Cpl Soriano returned to Okinawa, and the 51st Engineer Battalion, by ship.
In December of 1948, Cpl Soriano was transported by ship back to Philippines, where, after four days break in travel, at Fort William McKinley, he was assigned to the 57th Infantry Regiment (PS), at Fort Stosenburg, Dau, Angeles City, Pampanga Province.
After approximately two months, Cpl Soriano was assigned TDY (temporary duty) to Base Maintenance, at Camp John Hay, in Baguio City.
After approximately three months, in May of 1949, Cpl Soriano was transferred to the PS Discharge Center, on Highway 54, in Quezon City******, to await discharge. He recalls the discharge center as a tent city of approximately 700 squad sized tents. Cpl Soriano was honorably discharged on 4 May 1949.
Cpl Soriano relates that during all of his PS service in the Philippines, he and his comrades wore the PS gCarabaoh patch on his left shoulder, however, while overseas, they wore the PS gSea Lionh shoulder patch on their left shoulder, and the gAPIS??g******* patch on their right shoulder. I was able to find no information on the latter patch, if indeed I am spelling it correctly. I could find no WWII Army shoulder patch, which seemed to fit that nomenclature.
* I was unable to come up with a camp name for the recruiting center in San Juan.
** According to the internet, the Blackhawk Div was assigned in the RP, from Oct 1946, to Dec 1946, with the dual role of training and equipping Philippine Commonwealth and Scout troops in the Manila area, and hunting down Japanese Army stragglers, on Luzon. I could find no record for the name of their camp
*** I was unable to find a record of a COL gUbangg. I was able to find one of COL Eugene Eubank. He was however, commander of MacArthurfs air force on 8 Dec 1941. There is a record of his returning to the Philippines immediately after the war as commander of Clark Field.
**** I was unable to come up with a camp name for the 51st Engineer Battalion, in Okinawa.
***** I believe that the g8th Army Engineer Schoolh Cpl Soriano refers to was the headquarters of the 8th Engineer Combat Battalion, located at Camp Drake, Asaka, Japan. I can find no city in Japan, with a name which very closely resembled gNihsimisoroh.
@
****** I could find no camp name for the PS discharge center in Quezon City. Cpl Soriano believes that it was not Camp Murphy
******* I was unable to find any information on the gAPISh patch, if indeed I am spelling it correctly. I could find no WWII Army shoulder patch, which seemed to fit that nomenclature.
Cpl LEOVIGILDO MATANGA EBESATE
Serial Number: PS 10 344 264, Infantry
Born 20 Aug 1926, in Bulwang, Aklan Province
Current Address: P.O. Box 9301, Dededo, Guam 96929 (671) 632-3244
Cpl Ebesate enlisted in the PS on 10 Sep 1946, at a recruiting center located on Taft Ave, in Manila. He was 20 years old at that time, and residing in nearby Sampaloc, Manila.
Cpl Ebesate learned that the Philippine Scouts were recruited from a friend of his. He was unemployed at the time, and he liked the idea of being a Philippine Scout, under the Americans.
Cpl Ebesate does not recall attending formal basic training. Rather, he recalls being immediately assigned to F Company, of the 44th Infantry Regiment (PS), at a camp located in Marikina, Rizal Province, where he was issued three sets of green fatigues, three caps three pairs of brown boots, and three pairs of black, high top tennis shoes, and received OJT Infantry training.
In Jan of 1947, the 44th Infantry was posted to Camp Nupunja, Okinawa, proceeding there aboard the USS Edgar Thomas Collins (AP-147)*. Cpl Ebesate recalls his Platoon SGT as being a MSG Palomo, and his 1SG as being a 1SG Alcala. Prior to shipping out, the troops were issued three sets of khaki uniforms. Upon arrival in Okinawa, they were issued three sets of OD Green wool uniforms. Cpl Ebesate recalls wearing the gRed Diamondh** patch on their right shoulder, and the gSea Lionh patch on their left, while in Okinawa.
Cpl Ebesate was promoted to Corporal 1 Jun 1947, with the letterhead of the order reflecting gCamp Nupunja, Okinawa, APO 331h. The order was signed by Frank A. Stangle, 1LT, CC? (the remainder of line is torn away), F Company, 44th Infantry Regiment (PS).
In Jan of 1949, the 44th Infantry boarded the USS Martin*** (as Cpl Ebesate recalls) for transport back to the Philippines. Upon arrival back in the Philippines, Cpl Ebesate was directed to the PS discharge center, in Marikina. He was discharged on 28 Jan 1949. The discharge certificate is signed by James F. Quinn, Lieutenant Colonel, Quartermaster. At that time, Cpl Ebesate was also issued a discharge letter of appreciation, with the letterhead of Headquarters, Philippines Command, APO 707, dated 28 Jan 1949, and signed by J.W. Anderson, Major General ****, U.S. Army, Commanding. The letterhead is flanked by the gCarabaoh patch on the top left, and the gSea Lionh patch, on the top right.
*The USS General E.T. Collins (AP-147, was a General G.O Squier class transport ship, for the U.S. Navy, in WWII. She was constructed by Kaiser Co, Inc, Richmond, CA, with a capacity of 2183 troops, and launched on 22 January 1944, and commissioned on 20 July 1944. She was named in honor of U.S. Army general Edgar Thomas Collins. She was transferred to the U.S. Army on 17 Jun 1946, as USAT General E. T. Collins in 1946. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service as the General E. T. Collins (T-AP-147). She was later sold for commercial operation under the name SS New Orleans before being eventually scrapped.
The General E. T. Collins saw service as a transport from 14 August 1944, through out the remainder of the war, transporting from San Diego, San Francisco, and Fremantle, Australia to Pearl Harbor, Eniwetok, Saipan, Guam, and Kwajalein the the Pacific fighting. Following the Japanese surrender, the ship arrived at San Pedro, CA, 22 September with returning veterans, and joined the gMagic-Carpetg fleet in the giant task of bringing home the thousands of troops from the Pacific islands.
On 1 March 1950 the veteran transport was reacquired by the Navy for use by the MSTS with a civil service crew. At the outbreak of the war in Korea, the ship began transporting American troops to Korea. She was at Pusan, 12 December 1950 when orders came to sail to Hungnam for the famous evacuation of UN troops from that port. The General E. T. Collins arrived 14 December and, took on more than 6,000 exhausted troops, three times her troop-carrying capacity. After these fighters were safely debarked at Pusan, the ship returned to Hungnam on Christmas Eve to bring out another load of troops to Pusan).
** The gRed Diamond Patchh, apparently refers to the 5th Infantry Div, however my research seems to indicate that they were never posted to the Pacific during or immediately after WWII.
*** The only gUSS Martinh, I was able to discover was a WWII destroyer escort (DE-30), Evarts-class, constructed for the U.S. Navy, launched on 18 May 1943, and commissioned on 4 September 1943. She did serve in the Pacific, but was decommissioned on 19 November 1945, which was approximately two years before the 44th Infantry sailed back to the Philippines.
**** I can find no record of Major General J.W. Anderson connected with the Philippines, however there is a record of him commanding the 3rd Infantry Division, during the North Africa landings.
PFC HERMOGENES SEGAYA GUANGA
Seial Number: PS 10 317 098
Born 8 May 1925, in Abangay, Dingle, Iloilo Province
Current Address: Ghura 82 D19, Santa Barbara St., Dededo, Guam 96929 (671) 632-2660
PFC Guanga enlisted in July of 1946, at Camp Hernandez*, Dingle, Iloilo Province, by a recruiting team, from Iloilo City. He was 21 years old at that time, and residing in nearby Abangay, Dingle, Iloilo Province.
Leaving Camp Hernandez, PFC Guanga was transported from Iloilo City, by U.S. Army ship to Manila, and hence onward by 6X6 Army trucks, to Camp OfDonnell, Capas, Tarloc Province, where he underwent basic Infantry training. Prior to the commencement of training, he was issued three sets of Khaki uniforms, two overseas caps, and one pair each of leather low quarter shoes, leather combat boots, and tennis shoes for PT.
Upon completion of basic training, PFC Guanga remained at Camp OfDonnel, under assignment to an MP Platoon, under Headquarters of the 12th Infantry Division (PS), where he received on-the-job training as a military police officer. PFC Guanga recalls his Platoon SGT as being a SSG Cacatian, and his Company CO as being a 1LT Green. Although he carried an M-1 Garand during basic training, he was issued an M-1 carbine while assigned as an MP.
After approximately a year at Camp OfDonnell, PFC Guanga was transferred to the 501st Engineer Construction Company, at Camp MARBO (Marianas Bonins Command), Guam**, where he again received OJT training in building military barracks, and other facilities. During this period, PFC Guanga was assigned TDY to Admin school for three months, after which, he returned to the 501st Engineer Company, as an Admin Clerk.
In Feb of 1949, PFC Guanga boarded the USS Paul Buck*** enroute to Manila for discharge.
Upon arrival in Manila, he and his companions were transported by 6X6 truck to Marikina, Rizal Province, where he was discharged on 19 Feb 1949.
* Camp Hernandez still exists as a Philippine Army Camp.
** Camp MARBO was located just south of the current Andersen U.S. Air Force Base.
*** The internet makes mention of the USS Paul Buck (AOT-1122), as being a Liberty Ship. No further information was available.