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1941 there were 33 colleges and universities throughout
the country that maintained ROTC units. All however,
were closed with the onset of World War II.
The
war saw ROTC products in action for the first time.
Cadets from different Metro Manila units took part
in the defense of Bataan; in the Visayas, 45% of the
75th Infantry Regiment of the US Armed Forces in the
Far East (USAFFE) were ROTC cadets of Silliman
University; and after the surrender of last American
bastion in the archipelago, volunteers from the Philippine
Military Academy and various ROTC units formed the
Hunter's
ROTC Guerillas, which took part in the resistance
movement during the Japanese occupation.
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