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Forgotten Soldiers (2012)
87 min | Documentary, Drama, History

Forgotten Soldiers (2012)

87 min | Documentary, Drama, History

When the Japanese launched their Pacific attack, General Douglas MacArthur's United States Army Forces in the Far East included ten divisions of newly recruited and poorly equipped Philippine Army soldiers, and one U.S. Army infantry ...See moreWhen the Japanese launched their Pacific attack, General Douglas MacArthur's United States Army Forces in the Far East included ten divisions of newly recruited and poorly equipped Philippine Army soldiers, and one U.S. Army infantry division with supporting units--the Philippine Scouts. "Forgotten Soldiers" follows the U.S. Army's Philippine Scouts as they protect the fledgling Philippine Army during their retreat from Lingayen Gulf to Bataan, and the movie then relives their heroic stands on Bataan and Corregidor. Bataan, then Corregidor, were the U.S. Army's first two battles of World War II and the last Allied strongholds to hold out against the Japanese in the Pacific. These prolonged actions bought the U.S. time to reorganize its Pacific defenses and rebuild the U.S. Navy fleet the Japanese had destroyed at Pearl Harbor. Eventually, a Japanese naval blockade starved out the soldiers on Bataan and Corregidor, and the men on Bataan were subjected to one of the worst atrocities in modern history--the Bataan Death March. Even after the horrors of the Japanese prison camps, Philippine Scout survivors continued their resistance and prepared to participate as U.S. Army soldiers in the invasion of Japan. Scouts who survived World War II went on to serve in the U.S. Army in Korea and in Viet Nam. Philippine Scout veterans who fought on Bataan and suffered through the Bataan Death March tell their personal stories on-screen and describe the action and events over photographs, reenactments and actual footage of the battles, much of it captured from the Japanese at the end of the war. Of the original 12,000 Philippine Scouts only 118 survive today (6,000 died during World War II). They were the United States Army's Philippine Scouts, America's FORGOTTEN SOLDIERS. Written by Chris Schaefer See less

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Lou Diamond Phillips Narrator Narrator See fewer	Courage Under Fire (1996)
Bill Neveker Actor (voice) Actor (voice) See fewer	Forgotten Soldiers (2012)
Eulalio Arzaga Self - 26th Cavalry Self - 26th Cavalry See fewer	Forgotten Soldiers (2012)
Aniceto Bagley Self - 2088th Ordnance Ammunition Company Self - 2088th Ordnance Ammunition Company See fewer	Forgotten Soldiers (2012)
Felipe Fernandez Self - Felipe Fernandez - 26th Cavalry Self - Felipe Fernandez - 26th Cavalry See fewer	Absolute Wilson (2006)
Dan Figuracion Self - 26th Cavalry Self - 26th Cavalry See fewer	Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story (2016)
Simplicio Ochoa Self - 23rd Field Artillery Self - 23rd Field Artillery See fewer	Forgotten Soldiers (2012)
John Olson Self - 57th Infantry Self - 57th Infantry See fewer	Forgotten Soldiers (2012)
Menandro Paraso Self - 26th Cavalry Self - 26th Cavalry See fewer	Forgotten Soldiers (2012)
John Patterson Self - President PSHS Self - President PSHS See fewer	Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story (2016)
Dionisio Perez Self - 12th Medical Company Self - 12th Medical Company See fewer	Forgotten Soldiers (2012)
Edwin Ramsey Self - 26th Cavalry (as Edwin Price Ramsey) Self - 26th Cavalry (as Edwin Price Ramsey) See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Chris Schaefer Historian Historian See fewer	Forgotten Soldiers (2012)
David Tejada Self - 12th Signal Company Self - 12th Signal Company See fewer	Forgotten Soldiers (2012)

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