KASTAUFFER Posted August 19, 2012 Share #1 Posted August 19, 2012 In keeping with the "Philippine Guerrilla" thread I posted yesterday, here is another VERY RARE document to a Philippine Guerrilla who fought against the Japanese with the US Army and was a POW. The difference here is that this document belonged to a graduate of the PMA , the Philippine Military Academy , the PI's version of " West Point" The item to me that is amazing it survived is the wool class banner. It is for the Class of 1942. They didnt get a chance to finish and left to fight in 1941. The owner of these items was an officer in the Phillippine Army He was an acknowledged expert on psychological warfare during his time, He was born to a working class couple in pandan, Catanduanes on November 15, 1917. His father, worked as a highway inspector; his mother was, for a long time, a government clerk. He obtained his higher education from the Mapua Institute of Technology and the University of the Philippines, and his military training from the Prestigious Philippine Military Academy. He was commissioned third lieutenant in the regular force of the Philippine Army on December 31, 1941. During the Japanese Occupation, he was among the thousands who underwent the infamous Death March, at the end of which he suffered imprisonment in the concentration camp at Capas, Tarlac. He miraculously survived both ordeals. He served as a member of the Allied Intelligence Bureau and as battalion commander of the Bicol Guerrilla Brigade. For his gallantry in action in Bataan, he was decorated with the Gold Cross. Upon the war’s end in 1945, he proceeded to the United States to further hone his military know-how at the Officers Training School in Fort Benning, Georgia. When he returned to the country, he served on the staff of the Philippine Ground Combat School and the Reserve Officers Service School, before joining that of his alma mater, the PMA. The document was an " Oath of Allegiance" that Philippine POWs were required to sign if they wanted to be let out of the POW camp. Most did and ignored what they had signed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KASTAUFFER Posted August 19, 2012 Author Share #5 Posted August 19, 2012 This group was purchased from the Philippines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted August 19, 2012 Share #6 Posted August 19, 2012 Incredible piece of history. M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriscoHare Posted August 20, 2012 Share #7 Posted August 20, 2012 :jeal0001: :wink2: Congrats again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted August 25, 2012 Author Share #8 Posted August 25, 2012 :jeal0001: :wink2: Congrats again! I knew you would appreciate this one Sean! Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share #9 Posted December 7, 2012 BTT in memory of the 71st Anniversary of the attack of the Philippines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argonauts2 Posted July 20, 2013 Share #10 Posted July 20, 2013 Here is another copy of a Japanese Oath of loyalty signed by a Philippine P.O.W. in order to be released. This fellow too went back into the field and fought the Japanese until the liberation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piratelou Posted July 23, 2013 Share #11 Posted July 23, 2013 Nice piece of history. Thanks for posting it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share #12 Posted April 9, 2015 Back to the top in memory of the fall of Bataan, April 9, 1942. Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1SG_1st_Cav Posted April 9, 2015 Share #13 Posted April 9, 2015 You guys are really finding some awesome personal history. I love reading it. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share #14 Posted April 5, 2020 back up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trapper1873 Posted April 2, 2021 Share #15 Posted April 2, 2021 Amazing! Thank you for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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