Flipinos US Military Service in Vietnam War

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This website is dedicated to all soldiers of Pilipino descent who served in the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />United States military during the Vietnam War. The mission of this website is to reclaim our forgotten military history and heritage in the United States Armed Forces.

We start with the name list of our Pilipino Vietnam War Veterans from their respective home state of (military) record or state of residence. Many of the initial listings will come from the State of Hawaii, since my first project is about Pilipinos in Hawaii

 

http://filipinosgone2hawaii.tripod.com

A guest page in this website is for the  more than 2,000 Pilipinos in the Philippine Civic Action Groups (PhilCag) and the Philippine Contingents (Philcon) sent by the Philippine government from 1964 to 1971 to serve the medical, dental, engineering and other needs of the Vietnamese. These noncombatant civic groups included Philcag Chief of Staff Colonel Fidel V. Ramos, a West Point graduate and the future President of the Philippines (1992-1998). A prominent war journalist was Max Soliven, the Harvard educated future co-founder of Philippine Daily Inquirer & Philippine Star. Philcag suffered its first casualties in September 1966 when seven Pilipinos were wounded in Tay Nihn S. Vietnam mine.

 

The Philippines had been traditionally sensitive to the humanitarian needs of the Vietnamese. In 1954 Operation Brotherhood had sent doctors and nurses to Vietnam. This people to people program continued its charitable mission until 1956, despite suffering a tragedy when Dr. Jose Alejos, Adela D. Pimentel, R.N. and Yvonne Ocampo, Nurses Aide died in a boating accident on August 27, 1955. Then, after the fall of South Vietnam government in 1975, camps were set up in the Philippines to aid and shelter the Vietnamese refugees prior to their resettlement in the United States, Canada, Australia, etc. The repatriation situation became complicated with more arrivals of Vietnamese fleeing by boatloads from their country. Although, this became problematic to a poor country like the Philippines, but since the Pilipinos are generally compassionate and tolerant of people with religion, culture and language different from their own, they tried their best to accommodate the needs of the Vietnamese asylum seekers. Additionally, since the Philippines is the host country to the U.S. military bases, the role that the Pilipinos had played in these wars that involved Asian countries like Japan, Korea & Vietnam can not and should not be ignored.

 

The awareness of our unique history is the responsibility of every living Pilipino. I offer you this website as a limited resource for the Vietnam War. It is my hope that my love for the Philippines history and culture overcome my lack of scholarly credential.

I dedicate this website to my two uncles:

George Valdez Embry, a U.S. Navy Vietnam War Veteran

Joseph Valdez Embry, served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War period

 

Primary Sources: http://www.archives.gov/...state-level-alpha.html http://www.pownetwork.org http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov also, databases of various cemeteries with war veterans burials     Secondary Sources: www.fanhs-national.org (websites maintained by chapters of Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) founded 11/1982 by Drs. Fred & Dorothy Cordova in Seattle Washington)  http://filipinosgone2hawaii.tripod.com http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com http://ancestry.com http://clusty.com www.wikipedia.org             This website will always be a work in progress. I apologize for any error, omission, or misprint.   My Info: Maria Elizabeth Del Valle Embry  Antioch, California Cabayaosan, Paniqui, Tarlac, Philippines pinay_492001@yahoo.com          Please visit my other websites: http://filipinosgone2hawaii.tripod.com http://filipinosgone2california.tripod.com http://filipinosgone2ellis-island.tripod.com http://filipinos-buried-arlington.tripod.com http://filipinos-ww1usmilitaryservice.tripod.com/... http://filipinos-ww2usmilitaryservice.tripod.com/... http://filipinos-koreanwar-usmilitary.tripod.com/... http://filipinos-iraq.afgh-usmilitary.tripod.com/... http://paniqui_embry.tripod.com                   <?xml:namespace prefix = v /> Blowin’ in the Wind                                    Bob Dylan How many roads must a man walk down Before you call him a man? Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand? Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly Before they're forever banned? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind. How many times must a man look up Before he can see the sky? Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have Before he can hear people cry? Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows That too many people have died? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind. How many years can a mountain exist Before it's washed to the sea? Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist Before they're allowed to be free? Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head, Pretending he just doesn't see? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind.

Ballad of the Green Beret                   Barry Sadler and Robin Moore   Fighting soldiers from the sky Fearless men who jump and die Men who mean just what they say The brave men of the Green Beret   Silver wings upon their chest These are men, America's best One hundred men will test today But only three win the Green Beret Trained to live off nature's land Trained in combat, hand-to-hand Men who fight by night and day Courage peak from the Green Berets Back at home a young wife waits Her Green Beret has met his fate He has died for those oppressed Leaving her his last request Put silver wings on my son's chest Make him one of America's best He'll be a man they'll test one day Have him win the Green Beret.           Memorial Day                  Joyce Kilmer   The bugle echoes shrill and sweet, But not of war it sings to-day. The road is rhythmic with the feet Of men-at-arms who come to pray. The roses blossom white and red On tombs where weary soldiers lie; Flags wave above the honored dead And martial music cleaves the sky. Above their wreath-strewn graves we kneel, They kept the faith and fought the fight. Through flying lead and crimson steel They plunged for Freedom and the Right. May we, their grateful children, learn Their strength, who lie beneath this sod, Who went through fire and death to earn At last the accolade of God. In shining rank on rank arrayed They march, the legions of the Lord; He is their Captain unafraid, The  Prince of Peace...Who brought a sword