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Service Honest and Faithful: The Thirty-Third Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Philippine War, 1899-1901

This manuscript is a study of the Thirty-Third Infantry, United States Volunteers, a regiment that was recruited in Texas, the South, and the Midwest and was trained by officers experienced from the Indian Wars and the Spanish-American War. This regiment served as a front-line infantry unit and then as a constabulary force during the Philippine War from 1899 until 1901. While famous in the United States as a highly effective infantry regiment during the Philippine War, the unit's fame and the lessons that it offered American war planners faded in time and were overlooked in favor of conventional fighting. In addition, the experiences of the men of the regiment belie the argument that the Philippine War was a brutal and racist imperial conflict akin to later interventions such as the Vietnam War. An examination of the Thirty-Third Infantry thus provides valuable context into a war not often studied in the United States and serves as a successful example of a counterinsurgency.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1062907
Date12 1900
CreatorsAndersen, Jack David
ContributorsMcCaslin, Richard B., Calderón, Roberto R., Hagler, Harland, Linn, Brian M., Stockdale, Nancy L.
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formativ, 269 pages, Text
CoverageUnited States, Philippines, 1899/1901
RightsPublic, Andersen, Jack David, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

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