000			02047nam a22002417a 4500
003			OSt
005			20240524162235.0
008			240524b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9789719541813
040			_cHuman Rights Violations Victims' Memorial Commission
050			_aDS 919.7.P6
100			_aPobre, Cesar P., _d1927-, _eauthor.
245			_aFilipinos in the Korean war / _cCesar P. Pobre.
250			_aRevised edition.
260			_aQuezon City : _bDepartment of National Defense, Philippine Veterans Affairs Office, _c2012.
300			_ax, 420 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and appendices.
520			_a"When Korean liberty was attacked in 1950, Filipinos were among the first of their Asian brothers to step onto the shores of South Korea to lend a hand to a neighbor in peril. In a span of five years, more than seven thousand Filipino soldiers were dispatched to the Korean Peninsula at a time when our fledgling democracy was struggling to recover from the ravages of the Second World War, and to rebuild the lives and communities that had been destroyed. As a country that fought to regain the freedom of its people, we knew that it was our responsibility to see that the same values our heroes died for were not trampled upon elsewhere. With World War II fresh in their memories, and well-aware of what this undertaking would demand of them, our soldiers plunged into the fray without hesitation, joining the fight to defend the freedom of South Korea, to defend the ideals of their country, and to defend democracy. Excerpt from the speech of President Benigno S. Aquino III delivered at the inauguration of the Philippine Expeditionary Force to Korea (PEFTOK)-Korean War Memorial Hall on 29 March 2012."
650			_aKorean War, 1950-1953 -- Participation, Philippine.
650			_aKorean War, 1950-1953 -- Regimental histories -- Philippines.
650			_aPhilippines -- Armed Forces -- History -- Korean War, 1950-1953.
942			_2lcc _cFIL _n0
999			_c2194 _d2194