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10th Battalion Combat Team, is a unit of the Philippine Army in 1950 who fought during Philippine Government Anti-Dissident campaign against Hukbalahap but it gained fame during Korean War when it was sent to Korea as first contingent deployed of Philippine Expeditionary Forces to Korea (PEFTOK) in 1950.
The Tank Company of the 10th BCT was at the frontline, under the command of Captain Conrado Yap. PEFTOK troops after arriving at Pusan , September 1950 In the Battle of Miudong which happened in November 1950, at early dawn at the outskirts of Miudong, First Sergeant Maximo P Young [FSgt Young] and his men were ordered by the US 3rd Infantry ...
Result: UN victory Death of ... 10th Battalion Combat Team, PEFTOK: 34th Division, ... The Philippine 10th BCT was attached to the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division at the ...
On November 5, 1950, the 10th BCT PEFTOK together with several battalions of the US forces found themselves stuck and unable to advance for several days across the Yalu River due to heavy artillery and sniper fires from the opposite side of the river by the North Korean and Chinese forces.
The battle became the toughest conflict that any PEFTOK Philippine unit participated in during the Korean War and was widely known as their bravest stand. The 10th BCT position in the conflict held the UNC battleline from collapsing, which later the UNC used their position to springboard further up north to push back the Chinese.
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Conrado Dumlao Yap [1] (January 22, 1921 – April 23, 1951) was an officer in the Philippine Army who served during the Second World War and the Korean War.. He was a recipient of the Philippines' highest military award, the Medal of Valor, which he was posthumously awarded for his actions of valor and courage in the Battle of Yultong. [4]
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