Remember Pearl Harbor … and the Philippines

​For Immediate Release December 7, 2023 Contact: Jon Melegrito Tel. 202-361-0296 Email: jdmelegrito@gmail.com Near simultaneous devastating strikes by Japanese forces hit U.S. military bases in Hawai’i and the Philippines on the day of infamy. Photo courtesy:...

In the rain, a rendition of songs for a cause

September 9, 2023 Herndon, Virginia Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba (Ret) thanks Allan Palacios Chan and Justine Moral for their performance on September 9, benefitting FiLVetREP’s advocacy campaign. Before ending “An Evening of Opera and Jazz,” Tenor Allan Palacios Chan and...

War Crimes – From WWII Until Today

April 27, 2023 Washington, D.C. Every April 9 in the Philippines, the nation commemorates the fall of Bataan and Corregidor to the Japanese Imperial Army, which invaded and occupied the country for three years. This holiday is now observed in the U.S. as “Araw ng...