Post by VeeVee on Mar 8, 2014 22:44:58 GMT -5
Interesting account and Q&A
www.oocities.org/eaa108/bataan.htm
He even said this about the Scouts
"Let me mention right now that the Philippine Scouts were some of the finest troops to ever take the field. They were wonderful, all of the different regiments of Philippine Scouts . For those of you not familiar with this organization, they were Philippine troops and American officers in charge. When a boy was born to a Philippine Scout father, as soon as he could walk, he would start to get training in the field his Daddy was in. When he was eighteen years old he was a combat ready soldier. Our government in Manila sent a selected number of Filipino’s to West Point every year. I forget the number. I understand these officers would come back and finish their enlistment, then take a discharge and join the Philippine Scouts as a Sergeant. That’s the difference between the Philippine army and Philippine Scouts."