Mandirigma.org» Korean War https://mandirigma.org Mandirigma Research Organization Fri, 23 May 2025 08:49:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 BOOK: – Mandirigma – Uniforms of The Filipino Fighting Man 1935-1945 https://mandirigma.org/?p=3944 https://mandirigma.org/?p=3944#respond Sat, 21 May 2022 10:44:27 +0000 MO1 https://mandirigma.org/?p=3944 https://www.black6project.org/store-1/p/57s1rtjw9bglibetk0inieqfxai4ya

 

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Mandirigma – Uniforms of The Filipino Fighting Man 1935-1945

Mandirigma is a compilation of photographs and description of the various uniforms, equipment and accoutrements of Filipino soldiers in the Second World War.

An exhibit of some of these uniforms will be on display at the Philippine Center of New York from April 4-15, 2022

Book availability can be picked up at the Philippine Consulate General of New York on April 7th during the book launch event at 8pm.

When checking out, please choose PIck-Up or Delivery.

Delivery $50 + 6 Shippng

Pick Up $50

Pick-Up can be facilitated for you at the Philippine Consulate General of New York during the book launch event

 

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Philippine Army soldiers in South Korea display their bladed weapons (the Bolo) which they used in silently killing Chinese and North Korean sentries or during hand to hand fighting. The Filipino soldiers earned a well-deserved reputation in the Korean War as brutally efficient in killing the enemy soldiers with their bolos.

 

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The Philippine Expeditionary Force to Korea (PEFTOK): 1950-1955

THE KOREAN WAR, which began 63 years ago on 25 June 1950, remains a“Forgotten War” for most of today’s 100 million Filipinos. Hardly surprising in a country where three out of four persons is 35 years old or younger.

But for the 7,420 officers and men of the Philippine Army that served in Korea from 1950 to 1955, and for those who actively supported our fighting men, the Korean War was probably the defining event of their lives.

From 1950 to 1955, five Battalion Combat Teams (BCTs) of the Philippine Army served in Korea as the elite PHILIPPINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TO KOREA orPEFTOK.

PEFTOK’s mission was to defend the Republic of Korea against communist conquest.

Continue at: http://peftok.blogspot.com

 

 

 

 

More about the Korean War at Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, United States Department of State

http://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/korean-war-2

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