HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0500.002 2004-2006 An Untold Triumph
"An Untold Triumph". The story of the U. S. Army's 1st and 2nd Filipino Infantry
Regiments will be shown at the Palace Theater on November 11, 2005. Admission is $12
per person. A reception will be held prior to the film's showing at 6:30 p.m.
The documentary, presented on Veteran's Day, honors all veterans and pays a special
tribute to the men who served in the lst and 2"d Filipino Infantry Regiments. There were
approximately 39 young men from the Big Island who served in the regiments; 22 aze
still with us today.
"The Army's best kept secret", as the Regiments became known to its members and
communities, was due to the fact that their extraordinary feats were accomplished behind
enemy lines in clandestine operations. Many of the military records documenting their
work have only recently been declassified.
The ls` Filipino Regiment was formed specifically to participate in the "liberation of the
Philippines." About 800 of its members were specially trained in Australia and secretly
landed in the Philippines by submarines or dropped by parachutes to conduct clandestine
operations months before General Douglas MacArthur landed on Leyte on October 20,
1944. Others engaged in "mopping up" operations in Leyte and Samar. Of the 7,000
who volunteered, less than 900 aze still alive. Of these, nearly 100 aze in Hawaii.
Hawaii's Filipinos began joining the 1st and 2"a Infantry Regiments in February 1945 for
"mopping up" duties. These duties often involved bloody fighting as pockets of land still
under enemy control were taken over. After VJ Day, the soldiers carried out occupation
duties such as guarding the gas lines running from Bataan to Clark Field.
The Palace Theater, in partnership with Carol Diama Brown and Lorraine Godoy, are
sponsoring the showing of "An Untold Triumph." Domingo Los Banos, one of the film's
producers, and a veteran of the ls` Filipino Infantry Regiment, will be present at the event
and will answer any questions that may arise.
Tickets are available at the Palace Theater box office, CD Wizard, Basically Books, and
TNT Seafood Imports and Asian Grocery.
Comm. No. Soo• Z•
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Big Island Veterans of the 1`~ and 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiments, US Army
Peter Aduja
John Afalla
Douglas Agan
Larry Alcosiba
Raymond Alferez
Simeon Amor
Bobby Antonio
Carmelito Arkangel
William Atiz
Richard Bagor
Sotero Bailado
Alfred Baligad
Pablo Bibilone
Richard Bibilone
Clarence Cantil
Frederico Caluya
Barney Cosbodillo
Consuelo Daog
Manuel Delos Santos
William Diama *
Theodore Ermitano
Alfred Evangelista
Manuel Gonzales
Jose Gonsalez
Felix Guerpo, Sr.
Benjamin Himalaya
Angel Ibanez *
Pete Lerma *
Jude Leyson *
Benjamin Manibog
Ben Menor
Floyd Miguel
Augustin Rojas
Raymond Rubio
Jack Salvador
William Sumic
Manuel Tolentino
Edward Singson
Peter Villafuerte
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