The Battle of Yultong: How 900 Filipinos Defeat 40,000 Chinese

[bleedingboi]

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Exactly 61 years ago, from April 22-23, 1951, 900 Filipino soldiers of the 10th Battalion Combat Team (10th BCT) of the Philippine Expeditionary Force To Korea (PEFTOK) successfully defended and threw back the numerically superior elements of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (CPVA)'s 44th Infantry Division and the North Korean People's Army (NKPA) numbering about 40,000 in non-stop fighting that drew widespread admiration --- even from the enemy.
Why this monumental victory and the noble heroism of our fathers who fought and gave up their lives to stop Korea from being overrun by communism isn't taught in schools or written extensively in our history books is still behooves me and personally, I think it's a great travesty.


A bigger insult is the fact that we don't even see any statues erected to honor these brave men in every major city of the country and the names of Capt. Conrado Yap, LTC Ojeda or Lt. Artiaga totally unknown to our youth.

900 versus 40,000


The Battle of Yuldong was actually considered a minor battle when compared to the overall scheme of things. The encounter was a part of the first Chinese Spring Offensive where 700,000 men of the CPV & NKPA attacked the United Nations coalition forces led by the United States.


During that battle, the CPVA & NKPA used overwhelming numbers backed with strong artillery fire to overrun by midday, various battalions of the US Army, the Puerto Rican Brigade, a battalion of the British Gloucestershire Regiment, a Turkish battalion, a Republic of Korea (ROK) division and other international units.
The initial night assault (favored by the Chinese) were human waves of CPVA & NKPA troops rushing towards the Filipino positions. The enemy attackers were mowed down by machine gun fire as well as by the 10th BCT's mortars and howitzers. So thorough was the killing that not a few Filpino officers wept in pity over their fallen enemy. After all, the Reds (communists) were human beings too.


Despite the failure of the initial assault, the Chinese & NKPA continued their attacks. The 10th BCT on the other hand put up a stone wall defense that repulsed each and every Chinese-North Korean thrust.


So outnumbered where the Filipinos (1:17 according to reports) that Col. Ojeda, the 10th BCT commander had to gather up battalion cooks, messengers, drivers and office clerks then sent them to the front line with rifles in hand.
One Chinese attack came so close to the Filipino battalion headquarters that soldiers were now shooting at each other almost at point blank range and in many cases, combat became a hand-to-hand encounter. Despite these deadly penetratrations done by the enemy, the 10th BCT still firmly held its line.
By noon, April 23, the 10th BCT was the only unit left standing its ground, a virtual island surrounded by a sea of communist troops as its fellow UN combat units were either decimated or forced to withdraw.

Despite this situation, the Filipinos even launched their own counterattack that sent the bewildered Chinese troops running back to their original lines. It was said that the US Army Division Headquarters (where the 10th BCT was attached) radioed repeated orders to retreat but the Filipinos firmly refused to move until all the other UN military units have retreated to the safe zones.

By the end of the battle, the Filipinos suffered 10 killed, 26 wounded and 14 missing in action. The CVA & NKPA losses ranged from about 500 to close to a thousand casualties.


Battle of Yultong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
World News, Pinoy Views: How 900 Filipino Soldiers Fought 40T Chinese Troops And Won

[bleedingboi]

Just wondering why our local media never mentioned or depicted these events on public or even a documentary. Scared to tip off the Chinese big cahoons in the showbiz and political mafia.

[anggwaponi]

mura kita ko ani sa speech ni Uncle Gen. Douglas McArthur sa youtube (search lang ninyu)

naka-mentioned ug ingun s'ya sa iyang speech nga "... give me a thousand Filipino fighters and I will defeat a hundred thousands enemies"



ug sa maung youtube, gi-emphasize pa gyud nga " ... we beat them once (Chinese), and we will defeat them again (Chinese)"

[slabs17]

for sure dili interesado ang majority sa pilipino in regards with this event. example nani daan, liman kag gilangaw ang thread way ni participate, pero kung lablab ang topic mag dasok ui.

[anggwaponi]

for sure dili interesado ang majority sa pilipino in regards with this event. example nani daan, liman kag gilangaw ang thread way ni participate, pero kung lablab ang topic mag dasok ui.

ahahah

i think korek ka in some point bro slabs17


pero sakit man pamalandungon pero most of the military and police officers if not all knows about the said event


perhaps it just happen nga ang Korean War ug Vietnam War di kaayu part sa atung history subjects


if you noticed or observed it, ang palagi nasa isipan ng mga bagong sibol ngayung mga kabataan ay ang dati pang himagsikan ng Pilipino laban sa Kastila


pati na rin sa digmaang Pilipino - Amerikano at lalo na sa lahat ang ang Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig o mas lalong kilala WWII


kitams


paningtun man ta ani hagkut Pilipino 101 ug Araling Panlipunan subjects. lol


bitaw uie ... very rare ra gyud bisan tuod naa ta mga veterans both for Korean and Vietnam War pero wa man kaayu na-mentioned sa skol


wa man gani pud kabalo si maam ug mga kasagaran teachers so unsaon man pag-share


at least kita nga kabalo, kita na lang ang mu-impart o share sa kadaghanan


that's IMHO



matsalams

[brownie]

mao ni klarong pinoy pride dapat. hehehe

[bleedingboi]

ana gyud boss ....

900 - the movie

if this is true - gahia sa mga pinoy kay 10 ra kabuok namatay. dili gyud ni biased kay ang gubat nahitabo man didto sa korea dili man diri sa pilipinas .

Grbe na gyud kau to ka disadvantage. Kay wala pa gyud sila na-anad sa weather. First time nila ma deploy sa snow wih no winter gears.

[bleedingboi]

ahahah

i think korek ka in some point bro slabs17


pero sakit man pamalandungon pero most of the military and police officers if not all knows about the said event


perhaps it just happen nga ang Korean War ug Vietnam War di kaayu part sa atung history subjects


if you noticed or observed it, ang palagi nasa isipan ng mga bagong sibol ngayung mga kabataan ay ang dati pang himagsikan ng Pilipino laban sa Kastila


pati na rin sa digmaang Pilipino - Amerikano at lalo na sa lahat ang ang Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig o mas lalong kilala WWII


kitams


paningtun man ta ani hagkut Pilipino 101 ug Araling Panlipunan subjects. lol


bitaw uie ... very rare ra gyud bisan tuod naa ta mga veterans both for Korean and Vietnam War pero wa man kaayu na-mentioned sa skol


wa man gani pud kabalo si maam ug mga kasagaran teachers so unsaon man pag-share


at least kita nga kabalo, kita na lang ang mu-impart o share sa kadaghanan


that's IMHO



matsalams

Way pulos atong mga subject uban. Laliman ka, atong college, ipa memorize mi pila ang na-uyab ni Rizal. Ambot unsay learning makuha ato.

[bleedingboi]

mura kita ko ani sa speech ni Uncle Gen. Douglas McArthur sa youtube (search lang ninyu)

naka-mentioned ug ingun s'ya sa iyang speech nga "... give me a thousand Filipino fighters and I will defeat a hundred thousands enemies"

I think he meant... " give me 10,000 Filipinos and I'll conquer the world "
Pero same same raman ug meaning. : )

[Istudyante-Ni-Pikoy]

I think mao ni akong nakit-an na documentary last yr, na involve si Ramos ani pd.
Korea man sad to ang war ato na mga Pinoy ni apil sa gubat. Wla nako nka remember ky d man ko mahilig about war history.

Naka limot nako sa video pero murag mao man cgro ni.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iZm15cmYSc