by pskadmin | May 7, 2023 | News
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...
by pskadmin | Apr 22, 2023 | News
April 22, 2023. Dangerfield Island, Virginia For the third year in a row, families and friends in the DMV’s Filipino American community gathered early Saturday morning to honor the service and sacrifice of Filipino and American soldiers who endured the Bataan Death...
by pskadmin | Mar 21, 2023 | News
March 21, 2023 White Sands Missile Range, NM. Under the banner of the Filipino Veterans Recognition and Education Project (FilVetREP), 25 Filipinos Americans from across the U.S., including a living World War II veteran, were among the more than 5,000 participants who...
by pskadmin | Jan 30, 2023 | News
Ciriaco Ladines, one of three living Filipino World War II veterans in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, died on January 22. He was 95 years old and passed peacefully surrounded by family and friends in his home in Bowie, Maryland. “We are deeply saddened that a...
by pskadmin | Jan 30, 2023 | News
Distance: Marathon and Honorary March (26 & 14.2 miles) Location: White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico Date: March 17 – 19, 2023 FilVetREP’s participation in the annual Bataan Memorial Death March has created greater awareness about the service and...
by pskadmin | Dec 11, 2022 | News
Statement by Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba (Ret), Chairman, Filipino Veterans Recognition and Education Project Each year in the United States, the Dec 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii by Japanese Naval Forces is commemorated. President Franklin Roosevelt...
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