Lt. Lester Pierce Jr.'s Investigatory Report on the Stars and Stripes Unit - Batangas History, Culture and Folklore Lt. Lester Pierce Jr.'s Investigatory Report on the Stars and Stripes Unit - Batangas History, Culture and Folklore

Lt. Lester Pierce Jr.'s Investigatory Report on the Stars and Stripes Unit

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The Stars and Stripes Unit was apparently a guerrilla unit of some two hundred men that was formed and probably operated in the province of Batangas. Not a lot was included in the files of this unit, which communicated with the US Army Western Pacific Office in the Philippines to inquire about the possibility of obtaining official recognition. In this page is a transcription1 of a short investigatory report filed by one Lt. Lester Pierce, Jr. on the Stars and Stripes Unit.

Guerrilla Files

REPORT ON THE STARS AND STRIPES UNIT

1. On 25 April, 1947, Lt. Lester W. Pierce, Jr. examined the files of the Stars and Stripes Unit.

2. ALLEGED HISTORY: See attached unit file.

3. FINDINGS:

a. After a careful examination of the unit file, a field investigation was deemed unnecessary.

b. Record of service was not substantiated by sufficient acceptable evidence.

c. Adequate records were not maintained. There were no rosters of the unit, no documentary evidence to sustain their claims of existence, or any necessary related information.

d. No useful purpose will be served by further investigation of this unit.

4. POLITICAL ASPECTS:

This unit appears to have no political affiliations or aspirations.

5. RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is recommended that the Stars and Stripes Unit be not favorably considered for recognition. Recommend also that casualty claims (if submitted) be not favorably considered.
[Sgd.] LESTER W. PIERCE, JR.
1st Lt., INF
Notes and references:
1 “Stars and Stripes Unit,” online at the United States National Archives.
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