Philippines and the Great War
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| This is the typical First World War poster we still see today, which features old Uncle Sam Photo courtesy of Wikipedia |
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| The less popular Navy poster may have more appeal to male recruits Photo courtesy of Wikipedia |
The Philippines was dragged to World War I, the Great War as it was known before 1939, simply because United States joined the war (in 1917). Since the Philippines was American territory, it is obliged to help her so-called Uncle Sam. If America's contribution in the war is small, the Philippine contribution is, logically, smaller. Still, it disproves the idea that only Vietnam (a French colony at the time) and Siam (now Thailand, which even provided pilots for Allied planes) had any significant contribution in the European theater (the main theater of the First World War) from Southeast Asian nations.
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USS Rizal, a Wickes-class destroyer. It is noticeable that
USS Rizal is the only Wickes-class destroyer that was named
from anything or anyone Filipino
Photo courtesy of NavSource Naval History
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One more thing the Philippines did for America during the Great War was the drafting of Filipinos for the US National Army. The colonial government had the quota set to 15,000. The Philippines provided 25,000. This became known as the Philippine National Guard (PNG). However, the PNG never saw action. Filipinos who did set foot in Europe during the war were enlisted in the American Expeditionary Force (AEF). The most famous of these Filipino soldiers was Tomas Mateo Claudio, who died at the Battle of Chateau-Thierry in June 1918. He was the first Filipino casualty of the war, followed by around 50 more Filipino deaths until the First World War ended in the same year.
The Philippines also captured for the Allies 22 German merchant ships, of which seven was later used by Filipinos for internal sea trade and the rest was given to America as goodwill presents.
Thus, this so proves that the Philippines was also part of the so-called Great War, or World War I.
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One brother of my Great Grandfather of my mother side clan participated in the First World War...his name is Sotero "Teroy" Tesoro Tobula (former Capoquian surname but orphans were adopted by the new husband of their) he serve the US Army in Honolulu, Hawaii and Okinawa, Japan. He is married to a lady from Purtugal...he served the WWW 1 in the trenches in France.
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ReplyDeleteMy paternal grandfather, Estanislao D. Deveza, was said to have been a soldier before he came to Mindanao around 1918-20. He was from Lucban, Quezon, and there is a family anecdote that says he was a supposed to fight in Europe but did not because the war ended before they were able to leave the Philippines. Do you know of official records which lists the names of this 25,000-strong Philippine National Guard?
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