Comments on: The Philippines: Allies During the Vietnam War http://www.historynet.com/the-philippines-allies-during-the-vietnam-war.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:28:06 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Larry http://www.historynet.com/the-philippines-allies-during-the-vietnam-war.htm/comment-page-1#comment-221667 Larry Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:45:33 +0000 #comment-221667 Interesting article. I was stationed at Tay Ninh Base camp 69-70 and we had a PHILCAG Unit stationed there also. I'm sure they did some Civic Action work but that wasn't what they were known for on Tay Ninh Base Camp. What they were known for was buying up American G:Is ration cards and purchasing goods in the PXs for sale on the black market. There was also an incident where the local Vietnamese informed the Americans that the PHILCAG sector of the bunkerline was going to be hit by the VC because the PHILCAG had welched on some kind of deal that they had made. Well they got hit, and the interesting thing was that American units to the sides of them lit up the PHILCAG area with flares to give the VC better light to shoot by. You may also find it interesting that all Philipino Military Personell were paid at least American Sgts pay and when they returned to the Philpines they reverted back to thier regular pay. Interesting article. I was stationed at Tay Ninh Base camp 69-70 and we had a PHILCAG Unit stationed there also. I'm sure they did some Civic Action work but that wasn't what they were known for on Tay Ninh Base Camp. What they were known for was buying up American G:Is ration cards and purchasing goods in the PXs for sale on the black market. There was also an incident where the local Vietnamese informed the Americans that the PHILCAG sector of the bunkerline was going to be hit by the VC because the PHILCAG had welched on some kind of deal that they had made. Well they got hit, and the interesting thing was that American units to the sides of them lit up the PHILCAG area with flares to give the VC better light to shoot by.
You may also find it interesting that all Philipino Military Personell were paid at least American Sgts pay and when they returned to the Philpines they reverted back to thier regular pay.

]]> By: Elio http://www.historynet.com/the-philippines-allies-during-the-vietnam-war.htm/comment-page-1#comment-176062 Elio Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:32:43 +0000 #comment-176062 I am a Japanese and interested in the Vietnam war background, especially how the other countries than U.S. committed the war. Thank you for your article and I have learned well. I am a Japanese and interested in the Vietnam war background, especially how the other countries than U.S. committed the war. Thank you for your article and I have learned well.

]]> By: 26Charlie http://www.historynet.com/the-philippines-allies-during-the-vietnam-war.htm/comment-page-1#comment-38143 26Charlie Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:54:14 +0000 #comment-38143 Very enlightening article. I was a teenage volunteer stretcher bearer at the Clark AFB PI hospital in '66, helping with the med evac effort and followed the news of the first Philippine troops deployed to Vietnam. They had casualties on their second day, when a jeep was flipped by a land mine and injured at least three of them. A few days later, some of the VN arriving wounded included a few asian nationalities that didn't look like Thais or Koreans (whose more serious cases were routed to Clark). I inquired and they said they were Filipinos. When i asked if they were the ones injured by a land mine, they acted surprised i could know that. I told them i read it in the Stars and Stripes newspaper and that, imo, they could expect to be getting lot of attention from the media, as soon as the Filipinos found out they were back in the PI. They were the first Philippine casualties of the war. I remember telling them they'd be heroes, from what i'd been reading in the S&S. But i can see now that they probably had a different perspective on things and that might explain their uneasiness with the surroundings. The hospital had volumes of VN wounded cycling in and out every day. The med care there was excellent but Marcos had them moved to a Manila hospital before the day was over. Very enlightening article. I was a teenage volunteer stretcher bearer at the Clark AFB PI hospital in '66, helping with the med evac effort and followed the news of the first Philippine troops deployed to Vietnam. They had casualties on their second day, when a jeep was flipped by a land mine and injured at least three of them. A few days later, some of the VN arriving wounded included a few asian nationalities that didn't look like Thais or Koreans (whose more serious cases were routed to Clark). I inquired and they said they were Filipinos. When i asked if they were the ones injured by a land mine, they acted surprised i could know that. I told them i read it in the Stars and Stripes newspaper and that, imo, they could expect to be getting lot of attention from the media, as soon as the Filipinos found out they were back in the PI. They were the first Philippine casualties of the war.

I remember telling them they'd be heroes, from what i'd been reading in the S&S. But i can see now that they probably had a different perspective on things and that might explain their uneasiness with the surroundings. The hospital had volumes of VN wounded cycling in and out every day. The med care there was excellent but Marcos had them moved to a Manila hospital before the day was over.

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