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==Notable Philippine Scouts== * [[Vicente Barros]] β Major, U.S. Army, the only Filipino officer among the ranks of Americans during the formation of the [[Philippine National Guard]] in 1917.<ref>{{cite news |title=THE CORNERSTONE OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE: A Narrative Of Seven Years |author=Francis Burton Harrison |url=http://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/philamer/AFJ2343.0001.001/192 |pages=166 |publisher=Kessinger Publishing, LLC |date=September 10, 2010 |access-date=April 17, 2014}}<br />{{cite book|author=Francis Burton Harrison|title=The Corner-stone of Philippine Independence|url=https://archive.org/details/cornerstonephil00harrgoog|year=1922|publisher=Century Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/cornerstonephil00harrgoog/page/n196 166]}}</ref> Became advisor to the Philippine Commonwealth militia, the National Volunteers of the Philippines in 1935.<ref>{{cite news |title=THE PHILIPPINE ARMY, 1935-1942 |author=Ricardo Trota Jose |year=1992 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kGocnp15GQ8C&q=barros&pg=PA13 |pages=21 |publisher=Ateneo de Manila University Press (1992) |isbn=9789715500814 |access-date=April 17, 2014}}</ref> * [[Vicente Lim]] - Brigadier General, first Filipino graduate of the [[United States Military Academy]] * [[Mateo M. Capinpin]] - Brigadier General, Commanding General of the [[21st Division (Philippines)|21st Division]] of the [[Philippine Army]] at the [[Battle of Bataan]]. * [[Willibald C. Bianchi]] β [[First Lieutenant#United States|First Lieutenant]], [[United States Army|U.S. Army]]. [[Medal of Honor]] recipient, 45th Infantry Regiment * [[Jose Calugas]] β [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]], U.S. Army. Medal of Honor recipient, 88th Field Artillery Regiment * [[Philip T. Fry]] - Commanded C Battalion, 57th Infantry during initial Japanese attack at Abucay. Received the Silver Star for this action and the Bronze Star as a POW after the Bataan Death March. * [[Eddie Garcia]] β Sergeant, 116th Military Police Company. Actor, previously a Philippine Scout in Okinawa.<ref>{{cite news |last=Layug |first=Margaret Claire |date=June 22, 2019 |title=Eddie Garcia honored by Philippine Army in memorial service |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/showbiz/chikaminute/698592/eddie-garcia-honored-by-philippine-army-in-memorial-service/story/ |work=GMA News |location=Philippines |access-date=July 3, 2019 }}</ref> * [[Louis C. Mosher]] β First Lieutenant, U.S. Army. Medal of Honor recipient * [[Alexander R. Nininger]] β [[Second Lieutenant#United States|Second Lieutenant]], U.S. Army. First Medal of Honor recipient in World War II, 57th Infantry Regiment * [[JosΓ© B. NΓsperos]] β [[Private First Class#United States|Private First Class]], U.S. Army. First Asian Medal of Honor recipient, 34th Company * [[Juan Pajota]] β Captain, U.S. Army, 45th Infantry Regiment * [[Edwin Ramsey]] β First Lieutenant, U.S. Army. Led last horse cavalry charge in U.S. military history, 26th Cavalry Regiment * [[Benigno G. Tabora]] β [[Sergeant major#United States Army|Sergeant Major]], U.S. Army. [[Purple Heart]] recipient * [[Miguel White]] β Lieutenant, [[Philippine Commonwealth Army|Philippine Army]]. Olympian, previously a Philippine Scout.<ref>{{cite book|author=Mariano Villarin|title=We Remember Bataan and Corregidor: The Story of the American & Filipino Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor and Their Captivity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wj4gAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Gateway Press|isbn=978-0-9626127-0-1|page=53}}</ref> * [[Teofilo Yldefonso]] β Sergeant, U.S. Army. Olympian, [[57th Infantry Regiment (United States)|57th Infantry Regiment]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Viloria |first=Barry |date= September 8, 2016 |title=What makes the first Filipino Olympics medalist a 'hero' |url=https://sports.abs-cbn.com/sportslifestyle/news/2016/09/08/what-makes-first-filipino-olympics-medalist-hero-15317 |work=ABS-CBN |location=Philippines |access-date=May 8, 2018}}</ref>
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