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Welcome to the Philippine Scouts Heritage Society website!The site is intended to help support the mission of preserving the history, heritage and legacy of the Philippine Scouts for present and future generations. Please explore the site, and learn more about the Philippine Scouts. If you have questions about the organization, or would like to share your story, please email or post a message to our message board. If you have questions concerning veterans' benefits, go to our Veterans Affairs & Benefits page in our newly structured Resources page for links to the Department of Veterans Affairs and the U.S. Embassy in Manila. |
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Major Fredric Foz
November 17, 1917-February 7, 2014
The PSHS has been informed that another one of our great heroes has joined the "Long Gray Line."
We honor the legacy of Major Fredric Foz, member of the 45th Infantry Regiment (PS), Bataan Death March Survivor, and President Emeritus of our Society in 2006.
He passed away on Friday, February 7, 2014 at the age of 96.
"He was such a survivor," his daughter said over the phone. To the end, Maj. Foz stayed true to the motto of the 45th Infantry: "Strong to Endure."
“To the sons and daughters of Philippine Scouts, I say: Reap the fruits of our toil and keep burning the torch that we pass on to you.”
~Major Fredric Foz, PSHS 22nd Annual Reunion.
Sign Up Today & Register For Our 30th Reunion!
Join us! This event promises to be an unforgettable one!
If you’d like to make a tribute or place an ad in our 30th Reunion Souvenir Program, click here for the Souvenir Program Ad Submission Form.
Here’s our flyer:
We will also have a team of volunteer oral history interviewers from the Nimitz Education and Research Center, National Museum of the Pacific War. They'll interview veterans and collect stories about resisting and then defeating the Japanese in the Philippines. For more information on the National Museum of the Pacific War, please see the brochure below:
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Congratulations to the "Forgotten Soldiers!"
Spirit of '45 Event
Saturday, August 10, 2013, Los Angeles, CA
The Nininger Chapter made a great showing at the Spirit of '45 Event and thanks to Robert Tidwell, Colin Tidwell, Jun Mislang, Andrew Mislang, Monty Hom, Michael Moore, April Moore and Louis Cogut for being able to participate.
Visit the Spirit of '45 page for more information and pictures!
Forgotten Soldiers: Now Available on DVD!
Get yours today. Visit http://www.ww2scouts.com/
2013 PSHS 29th National Annual Reunion
April 12 - 13, 2013 in Tacoma, Washington
29th PSHS national reunion at the La Quinta Inn & Suites in Tacoma, WA was a blast. If you missed it, check out our 29th Annual Reunion page for Lt. Col. Al Cosio's riveting speech, pictures, videos and more.
Here's an excerpt of the News-Tribune article on the reunion.
Jose Calugas, left, president of the Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Rudy Cabigas, center, dressed in a Philippine Scouts uniform, and David Tejada, 90, who served with Philippine Scouts enjoy sharing war stories at the 29th National Reunion of the Philippine Scouts Heritage Society in Tacoma on Friday. (LUI KIT WONG/Staff writer)
Philippine Scouts, descendants honor those who fought in WWII
(The News-Tribune, 04/14/13) Zenaida Crisostomo Slemp of Puyallup joined her father’s military heritage organization years after his death. Something called out to her, telling her it was time to learn more about his past.
She knew her father, Serafin Crisostomo, survived as a prisoner of war of the Japanese after fighting overwhelming odds with the U.S. Army’s Philippine Scouts. Her grandfather fought there, too.
“I needed to honor my father, to keep his legacy going,” she said.
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Some previous reunions:
Photo Gallery
Our photo gallery includes a number of historical photos and photos from PSHS reunions.
Mount Samat Memorial
The following photos were taken by Joe Calugas and include a panel depicting Sgt. Jose Calugas, Sr. during the engagement for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor. (The monument has him manning a machine gun, rather than an artillery piece.)
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 of that war.
But they weren't farm boys from Kansas and California, or Italian-Americans from New Jersey as depicted in the black and white movies made during and after the war years. They were mostly Filipinos serving as enlisted soldiers in United States Army units commanded by American officers. They were special men in special units, officially designated "Philippine Scouts." At the beginning of World War II, General Douglas MacArthur's U.S. Army Forces in the Far East, spearheaded by the Philippine Division, were mostly Filipinos.
Poems
» To
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Philippine Scouts by 1st Lt. Henry Lee
» Bataan
by Mallie Wilson Farrell
» Bataan
Falls! by Don Blanding
26th Cavalry Re-enactor
Rudy Cabigas, a retired San Jose Fire Department Captain, representing a Filipino trooper of the legendary the 26th Cavalry, Philippine Scouts. His father and an uncle served with the 26th.
USAFFE defenders of Bataan and Corregidor
Ft. MacArthur, San Pedro, CA.
Buhay Ng Kasaysayan (BNK) re-enacting the USAFFE defenders of Bataan and Corregidor last May 6, 2007.
Photo by Franz Tinio-Lopez
Re-enactors
These photos are by Philip Garcia and were originally posted on Victor Verano’s reenactors website.
37mm Gun Crew
Philippine Division Boys
Scout car owned by Raymond Fannen of the 78th Infantry Div. reenacting group
Philippine Division Scout Car
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Last modified: 16-Feb-2014