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This category is for Filipino Americans who have served, or are presently serving, in the United States Armed Forces. Pages in category "American military personnel of Filipino descent" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
A Filipino American and U.S. national from the Philippines, Lim graduated from West Point in the class of 1914 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Philippine Scouts. [ 7 ] [ 66 ] He was the first of a handful of Filipinos accepted into West Point under a quota system that required one Filipino to be appointed in each class, [ 7 ...
The 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment was a segregated [11] [12] United States Army infantry regiment made up of Filipino Americans from the continental United States and a few veterans of the Battle of the Philippines that saw combat during World War II.
Filipino-Americans residing in the region (referred to as "Manilamen" on the account of Manila being the capital of the Philippines) were recruited by local pirate Jean Lafayette to join his "Baratarians", a group of privately recruited soldiers serving under the American forces under the command of Andrew Jackson, in the defense of New Orleans ...
The Philippine–American War [n 1] was an armed military conflict between the United States and the First Philippine Republic, fought between 1899 and least 1902, which arose from a Filipino political struggle against U.S. occupation of the Philippines.
A U.S. Marine speaks to a group of Filipino soldiers on Corregidor Island in the Philippines in May 1942. (U.S. Marine Corps / AP) ... The Philippines was an American colony until 1934, when the U ...
Legaci – Filipino-American R&B band from the San Francisco Bay Area, California, formed in 1997. They are currently the backup singers for Canadian Pop-R&B singer Justin Bieber on the My World Tour. Q-York – Filipino-American hip hop record production duo composed of Flava Matikz (DJ/producer) and Knowa Lazarus (songwriter/MC).
Pages in category "American military personnel of the Philippine–American War" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 431 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page)