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...

FilVetREP Chairman Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba (Ret) introduces the Honorable Erika Moritsugu, Deputy Asst. to President Biden and Senior Liaison for Asian Americans Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders at the Oct. 22, 2022 6th anniversary...

In its six years of championing the cause of Filipino World War II Veterans, FilVetREP has secured the Congressional Gold Medal, and developed an education program by launching an award-winning online interactive website, www.dutytocountry.org. To...

May 20, 2022 Washington, D.C. “Naming a future destroyer USS Telesforo Trinidad in honor of a Filipino sailor is a historic event that also honors the service of tens of thousands of Filipinos in the U.S. Navy,” said FilVetREP Chairman Maj. Gen....

A Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the National World War II Memorial is led by, from left, US Army Brigadier General Roy Macaraeg, Undersecretary of the US Air Force Gina Ortiz-Jones, Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel G. Romualdez,...

Author: Katie Kyros, WUSA TV9 Published: 1:32 PM EDT April 2, 2022 ALEXANDRIA, Va. — On the Mount Vernon Trail in Alexandria, Saturday brought a commemoration of something that happened 80 years ago this month. It was one of the low points for U.S....

Mr. Almeda speaks on behalf of the 260,000 Filipino soldiers who were honored with the Congressional Gold Medal on October 25, 2017, in recognition of their service to America in World War II.By Sonny Busa, FilVetREP Region 1 DirectorApril 8, 2022...

Join us for a 14, 10, or 6 mile Run/Walk to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the Bataan Death March here in the Washington DC area (starting and ending at The Marina on Daingerfield Island in Alexandria, VA) on Saturday, April 2, 2022 starting...

Jon Melegrito via FilVetREP (www.FilVetRep.org) ​For Immediate Release ​February 19, 2022 Contact: Jon Melegrito Tel. 202-361-0296 Email: jdmelegrito@gmail.com With the completion of a full online interactive educational program, educators are now...

Premiering on Veterans Day, Faces of Courage: Untold Stories of World War II Filipino Veterans tells the story of the struggle for equity by the Filipino veterans who fought side by side with Americans as soldiers and guerrillas during World War...