10th Battalion Combat Team (Philippines)

10th Battalion Combat Team (Philippines)
10th Battalion Combat Team (Philippines)
Active	1948 – 1955
Country	Philippines
Allegiance	Philippine Army
Branch	Army
Type	Heavy Weapons; Motorized; Battalion Combat Team
Role	Mechanized Infantry
Size	64 Officers; 1,303 Enlisted Personnel
Part of	Philippine Army; PEFTOK
Garrison/HQ	Camp Murphy, Quezon City
Nicknames	Fighting Filipinos ; Fighting Tenth ; Royal 10th BCT
Motto	Steady On
Equipment	M1911 Colt .45 Pistols; M1928A1, M1 and M1A1 Thompson .45ACP Submachineguns; M3 Colt .45ACP Submachineguns; M1 Saginaw .30 Caliber Carbine; M1 Garand Rifles; M1903 Springfield .30 Caliber Sniper Rifles; M1918 Browning Automatic Rifles; M1919A3 Browning .30 Caliber Machineguns; M2 Browning .50 Caliber Heavy Machineguns; M1 Hand Grenades; M2 60mm Mortars; M1 81mm Mortars; M1 57mm Bazooka; M2 76mm Super Bazooka; M2 105mm Howitzers; M45 Quadmount 50 Caliber; M24 Chaffee Light Tanks; M5 Half Trucks,; Willy MB Jeeps; M5 10-ton trucks; M4 Sherman Tanks; M7 Priestly Tank Destroyer; M12 Self Propelled
Engagements	Battle of Miudong Battle of Imjin River Battle of Yultong
Decorations	South Korean Presidential Unit Citation; Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
Battle honours	Presidential Unit Citation (Korea); President Unit Citation (Philippines); Gallantry Award (8th US Army) Battle Citation (X US Corps)
Commanders
Notable; commanders	LCol. Mariano Azurin; LCol. Dionisio Ojeda; Maj. Delfin Argao; LCdr. Emilio Liwanag; Capt. Manuel Aguilar; Capt. Manuel Robles; Capt. Paulino Sanchez; Capt. Maximo Dumlao; Capt. Conrado Yap; 1Lt. Jose Artiaga; 1Sgt. Maximo P. Young; 1Lt. Victoriano Yapchanco; 2Lt. Francis Tamondong; 2Lt. Venancio Serrano; 1Lt. Erdulfo G. Pagala

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.