Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Resimen Infanteri Filipina ke-1" in Indonesian language version.
The War Department already had several long-serving segregated units for African Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Filipinos and established several more during 1942. The Office of War information saw propaganda value in having combat units of different nationalities. Thus during 1942 the War Department organized the 1st Filipino infantry in California and battalion-size units of Norwegians, Austrians, and Greeks.
The War Department already had several long-serving segregated units for African Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Filipinos and established several more during 1942. The Office of War information saw propaganda value in having combat units of different nationalities. Thus during 1942 the War Department organized the 1st Filipino infantry in California and battalion-size units of Norwegians, Austrians, and Greeks.
Resimen Infanteri Filipina ke-1 dan ke-2 dilatih di Benteng Ord, setelah mereka membagi diri mereka sendiri dalam Pertempuran Leyte dan di Semenanjung Bataan.
Members of the first and second regiments also served in the parachute-naval assault to recapture the island of Corregidor in 1944
First Commander of the 1st Filipino Infantry, Colonel Robert H Offley.
Soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Infantry Regiments also participated in bloody combat and mop-up operations in New Guinea, Leyte, Samar, Luzon and the southern Philippines.
Namun, pada 1934, mereka diklasifikasikan ulang sebagai "orang asing".
The War Department already had several long-serving segregated units for African Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Filipinos and established several more during 1942. The Office of War information saw propaganda value in having combat units of different nationalities. Thus during 1942 the War Department organized the 1st Filipino infantry in California and battalion-size units of Norwegians, Austrians, and Greeks.
The War Department already had several long-serving segregated units for African Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Filipinos and established several more during 1942. The Office of War information saw propaganda value in having combat units of different nationalities. Thus during 1942 the War Department organized the 1st Filipino infantry in California and battalion-size units of Norwegians, Austrians, and Greeks.
Namun, pada 1934, mereka diklasifikasikan ulang sebagai "orang asing".
