Lieut. Col. Edwin Price Ramsey, commander of the 26th Cavalry
Regiment of the U.S. Army who conducted a guerrilla campaign
against the Japanese after the Japanese invaded the Philippines,
has died: Historians have said that losing the Philippines in
the early stages of World War II was a defining event in the
career of Gen. Douglas MacArthur. The same could be said of
Edwin Ramsey. But Ramsey couldn’t admit defeat. After
MacArthur’s retreat in early 1942, Ramsey, an officer in the
26th Cavalry Regiment of the U.S. Army, joined the Philippine
resistance. He eventually headed a guerrilla force that grew to
40,000 enlisted men and officers, supplying crucial intelligence
that helped lay the foundation for MacArthur’s triumphant return
more than two years later. In January of 1942 as a lieutenant,
Ramsey commanded what was to be the last cavalry charge the U.
S. Army mounted against enemy forces: As the Japanese Imperial
Army landed thousands of soldiers near Manila Bay in January
1942, the 26th Cavalry was order