List of American guerrillas in the Philippines
Member list

List of American guerrillas in the Philippines

Section Title: Member list
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Name	Notability	Reference

Bernard L. Anderson	US Army Air Corps major. Formed Kalayaan Command in Tayabas Province that focused on intel work.

Robert Arnold	Commanded military and guerrillas of the 15th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Army which operated in Ilocos Norte. His thirty American soldiers joined forces with Walter Cushing's miners.

George Norman Arnovick	Fought for the Filipino Guerrillas in World War II, born in Shanghai to an English family. George was later taken as a POW in a Japanese internment camp before later being rescued by the United States Military.

Robert V. Ball	Enlisted man on Mindanao, joined Col. Fertig's guerrilla group, sailed in May 1944 from Samar to Baler Bay on Luzon, and delivered a radio transmitter to Lapham.

Joseph Barker	Captain, 26th Cavalry, Philippine Scouts, US Army. Commanded East Central Luzon Guerrilla Area under Thorp, with Edwin Ramsey as adjutant and Bernard Anderson as chief of staff.

George M. Barnett	Major, commanded the 2nd and 3rd Districts under Volckmann.

Leon Beck	Escaped from the Bataan Death March to become a guerrilla.

Henry Roy Bell	Professor, Silliman University. Major in the guerrilla forces on Negros island, head of the Free Government, printed the Victory News, and ran a radio transmitter which established contact with SWPA and Fertig.

Donald Dunwoody Blackburn (1916-2008)	11th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Army (11th Division, USAFFE). Did not join USAFIP surrender; evaded Bataan Death March.

John P. Boone	US Army corporal and wartime guerrilla colonel who formed the Bataan Military District that conducted intel work and sabotage. Recipient, Distinguished Service Cross.

William E. Bowen (1905-1944)	Technical Sergeant, 228th Signal Corps. Joined Troop C, 26th Cavalry Regiment retreating from Camp John Hay.

Robert V. Bowler	US Army officer. Guerrilla leader on Mindanáo.

James Patrick Boyd	US Army; guerrilla on Luzon.

Alfred Bruce	Sergeant, Philippine Scouts, US Army. Guerrilla captain, 2nd Battalion, Provisional Regiment of Philippine Scouts, which operated in Zambales Mountains under Thorp.

Parker Calvert	Major, commanded the 1st District under Volckmann.

James W. Carrington	US Marine PFC, stationed on Corregidor. Captured after surrender of Corregidor.

Henry Clay Conner, Jr. (1918-2008)	US Army officers Conner and Anderson founded Squadron 155 (composed mainly of Aetas working for the Japanese air corps) that worked on collecting intel info.

James McCloud Cushing	Mining engineer and brother of Walter and Charles. As combat officer of the guerrilla Cebu Area Command, he was commissioned lt.

Walter Mickey Cushing (September 12, 1907–October 2, 1943)	Civilian mining executive. Organised his miners and joined forces with Lt.

Doyle Decker	Member of the 155th Provisional Guerrilla Battalion which operated in Central Luzón. Operated with Robert Mailheau and Frank Gyovai, under Lt.

Alvin J. Farretta	Guerrilla Capt. on Luzon, awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.

Harry Fenton (1907 – 1 September 1943)	Administrative officer of the guerrilla Cebu Area Command. His extreme repressive measures and punitive actions against suspected collaborators, fueled by fanatic hatred against the Japanese, led to his execution by Filipinos in 1943.

Wendell W. Fertig	US Army colonel, overall guerrilla commander on Mindanáo, with 33,000 men. His divisional commanders included Capt.

Richard R. Green	Civilian, along with Swick, escaped from Camp Holmes, and joined the USAFIP-NL in April 1943.

Edward James Haggerty	Jesuit priest. Joined guerrillas on Mindanao.

Jack Hawkins	Lieutenant, 4th Marine Regiment, Corregidor. Interned at Cabanatuan POW camp. Transferred to Davao Penal Colony, escaped, joined guerrillas on Mindanao.

Albert Hendrickson	Signal Corps private who became a wartime guerrilla captain under Robert Lapham, commanding the Tarlac province. Conducted the Itogon Mine Raid in October 1942.

John P. Horan	US Army colonel. Commander, John Hay Air Base. Formed the 121st guerrilla regiment. Surrendered after the Fall of Corregidor.

Ray C. Hunt	Far East Air Force sergeant, Provisional Air Corps Regiment infantryman in the Battle of Bataan, and wartime guerrilla captain under Robert Lapham.

Thomas S. Jones	US Army lt. Sole survivor of Ralph Praeger's Troop C, 26th Cavalry Regiment, Philippine Scouts. Captured with Praeger.

Dick Lang	PFC, US Army Air Corps. Maintenance crewman, 19th Bomber Group, Clark Field. Became guerrilla leader on Mindanáo.

Robert Lapham	US Army Philippine Scouts lieutenant and wartime guerrilla major on Luzón of 14,191 men. Commander of the Luzon Guerrilla Army Forces.

Adolf Gustaaf Lembong	The only Indonesian soldier ever to fight alongside the Filipinos during a major war. Captured by the Japanese in Indonesia, he was deported and sent to be imprisoned in the Philippines, but was able to escape in 1944.

Frank R. Loyd

Ralph McGuire	US Army captain and civilian engineer. Commander of Western Luzon Guerrilla Area of Thorp's Luzon Guerrilla Force.

Harry McKenzie	Former mining superintendent and trusted subordinate of Lapham.

Steve Mellnik

Gyles Merrill	Col. guerrilla commander on West Luzón.

Martin Moses and Arthur Noble	US Army lieutenant colonels in the 12th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Army and then the 11th Division, USAFFE who escaped to Benguet after Fall of Bataán.

Arthur Murphy	Head of intelligence under Volckmann.

John O'Day	Former Brooklyn policeman who led a group of irregulars in Ilocos Norte, and feuded with Capt. Fermin Bueno's group.

Yay Panlilio	She was a journalist with the Philippines Herald before the war. Marcos Augustin's, Marking's 12,000 guerrillas, mistress and "brains of the outfit" operating near Manila.

Chick Parsons

Nicholas Daniel "Danny" Pociluyko	US Army Air Corps Staff Sgt/Crew Chief 14th Bomber Squadron. Was at Clark Airfield when bombed Dec 8, 1941 then sent to Mindanao Dec 25, 1941 to support military resistance.

Ralph B. Praeger	US Army captain. Commander, Troop C, 26th Cavalry Regiment, Philippine Scouts, that operated in northeastern Luzón.

Charles Putnam	Mining engineer who received an emergency commission as a capt., and then recruited guerrillas in the Lingayen Gulf area.

Edwin Price Ramsey	US Army lieutenant and guerrilla leader on Luzón of 13,000-14,000 men. Commanding a 27-man platoon, mostly of 'G' Troop, of the 26th Cavalry Regiment, Philippine Scouts, ordered the US Cavalry's last horse-mounted charge, 16 January 1942, in Moróng, Bataán.

Royal Reynolds	Major, Philippine Scouts, US Army. Commander, 3rd Battalion, Provisional Regiment of Philippine Scouts, which operated in Zambales Mountains.

Iliff David Richardson	US Navy ensign, wartime US Army major, guerrilla intelligence officer in the Visayan Islands, and chief-of-staff under guerrilla Colonel Ruperto Kangleon.

Grafton Spencer	Private, commanded the 2nd Battalion of the 66th Infantry under Calvert, but killed by the Japanese in April 1944.

Jack Spies	26th Cavalry Regiment captain who joined Claude Thorp's Luzon Guerrilla Force as commandeder of Southern Luzon. Killed by Japanese.

Joseph St. John	One of Richardson's guerrilla radio operators on Leyte.

Hugh Straughn	US Army retired colonel. Organised Fil-American Irregular Troops (FAIT) which operated in Rizál. Executed by the Japanese August 1943.

Herbert Swick	Civilian gold mining engineer who evaded the Japanese, and then joined the guerrillas in October 1942. Captured in early 1943, he escaped and joined the USAFIP-NL in April 1943.

Claude A. Thorp	US Army Maj. Provost Marshall, Fort Stotsenburg.

Carlyle Townswick	Guerrilla on Mindanáo.

Russell William Volckmann	US Army officer, Philippine Commonwealth Army regimental officer in the Battle of Bataan. Escaped through Japanese lines with Blackburn.

Everett Warner	Major who operated a radio in Northern Luzon, but surrendered after the Fall of Corregidor.

Eddie Wright	Lt. col., 45th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Scouts, US Army.

Sentence(s)

Professor Roy Bell became a major in the Negros Island guerrilla forces, established a Free Government, printed the Victory News, and used his radio transmitter to establish contact with the South West Pacific Area (command).

final_sentence: Professor Roy Bell became a major in the Negros Island guerrilla forces, established a Free Government, printed the Victory News, and used his radio transmitter to establish contact with the South West Pacific Area (command).