Philippine Department
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philippine-department-171-3902277
title:
Philippine Department
text:
The Philippine Department was a regular United States Army organization whose mission was to defend the Philippine Islands and train the Philippine Army. On 9 April 1942, during World War II, the organization surrendered to the Japanese. The department and its sub-units were predominantly under the command of American officers, including an American general, while the majority of the troops were enlisted Filipinos, known as the Philippine Scouts (PS). The primary force of this department was the
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Military unit
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Department
date created:
2002-12-22T16:00:07Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T09:38:39Z
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Phildeptseal.svg","width":142,"height":179}
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13
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