Need Research Help

[JALU3]

I have been told that there is an officer who died while serving with the 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment, Army of the United States, who graduated at the United States Naval Acadamy. The officer was denied a commission upon graduating during World War II due to his ethnicity, and was thus given a commission in the Infantry Corps of the United States Army.
Now I have looked online, and have not found any information regarding this through the USNA Alumni Association. How would I go about finding out the validity of this statement. The statement is made in a documentary I saw on PBS on Filipino American History produced in Washington State.

Any help would be greatly appretiated.

[sonar732]

Originally Posted by JALU3

I have been told that there is an officer who died while serving with the 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment, Army of the United States, who graduated at the United States Naval Acadamy. The officer was denied a commission upon graduating during World War II due to his ethnicity, and was thus given a commission in the Infantry Corps of the United States Army.
Now I have looked online, and have not found any information regarding this through the USNA Alumni Association. How would I go about finding out the validity of this statement. The statement is made in a documentary I saw on PBS on Filipino American History produced in Washington State.

Any help would be greatly appretiated.

The obvious question would be if you went to the local PBS website to look up the program. Then, I would go to the national PBS website with the information.

[JALU3]

OK I found the documentary:
Filipino Americans: Discovering their Past for the Future
However, it was produced in 1995 and no where online is a complete bibliography for the movie.
Although, I did find this interesting tidbit from the USNA Alumni Association webpage:
https://www.usna.com/NetCommunity/SSLPage.aspx?pid=606

Of the 914 Graduates of the 1945 Class (which actually graduated in 1944 (compacted courses to produce more officers for the War-effort)), only 912 were commissioned into the United States Navy. As listed the two reasons for not being given a commission in the USN were as follows:
1 Physically Disqualified
1 Filipino

That was all for the remarks. Man! Must have been harsh for this guy. Gone through 3 years of education with your fellow midshipmen, graduate, meet all the requirements, and find out you can't be commissioned in the Navy because of his ethnicity.

Now all I have to do is find out who he is, when he was commissioned in the US Army, and when and where he died.

[Ishmael]

Originally Posted by JALU3

OK I found the documentary:
Filipino Americans: Discovering their Past for the Future
However, it was produced in 1995 and no where online is a complete bibliography for the movie.
Although, I did find this interesting tidbit from the USNA Alumni Association webpage:
https://www.usna.com/NetCommunity/SSLPage.aspx?pid=606

Of the 914 Graduates of the 1945 Class (which actually graduated in 1944 (compacted courses to produce more officers for the War-effort)), only 912 were commissioned into the United States Navy. As listed the two reasons for not being given a commission in the USN were as follows:
1 Physically Disqualified
1 Filipino

That was all for the remarks. Man! Must have been harsh for this guy. Gone through 3 years of education with your fellow midshipmen, graduate, meet all the requirements, and find out you can't be commissioned in the Navy because of his ethnicity.

Now all I have to do is find out who he is, when he was commissioned in the US Army, and when and where he died.

I'm sure the Naval Acadamy has records of the members of that class including names and places of birth. I would contact them directly.