LA City Council passes resolution in favor of Pinoy WWII vets
THE Los Angeles City Council, through the sponsorship of Councilmember Richard Alarcon, passed two resolutions supporting Assembly Bill (AB) 199: The Filipinos in World War (WW) II Social Studies Curriculum Act; and, Assembly Resolution (AJR) 6: The Filipino Veterans Fairness Act of 2011.
The resolutions aim to recognize the role of Filipinos during WWII in history text books in the US and reinstatement of benefits for Filipino Veterans of World War II.
AB199 is the first step towards ensuring that social science instruction in grades 7-12 to include the significant role of Filipinos in WWII.
AJR6 is a support resolution that encourages Congress and the President of the United States to enact House Resolution 210, “Filipino Veterans Fairness Act of 2011”, authored by Congresswoman Jackie Speier.
Among the many members of the Filipino American community present in the LA City Council Meeting last Sept 6 are widows of WWII Veterans who died before the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Law gave a lump sum of $15,000 to living veterans in 2009. “Our husbands fought as hard as the other veterans and so they deserve to get some benefits as well. They have fought for this for so long. Since the lump sum was given after their death, we, their widows and children, deserve to receive as well,” said Rosita Sanchez. Her sentiment was echoed by other widows - Bonifacia Espiritu, Maria Agbuna, and Jovy Alejandrino, the Vice-president of Seniors for Pilipino American Community Empowerment (SPACE).
During World War II, the Philippines was a commonwealth of the United States. Filipino soldiers in the US Armed Forces were in effect US nationals, and the US government promised them the same health and pension benefits as US soldiers. These Filipino solders fought for the US in the Pacific theatre, joining General Douglas MacArthur in defending against invading Japanese forces. Tens of thousands of Filipino soldiers sacrificed their lives.
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September 11, 2001, 10:30 am EST. This day’s infamy is only just beginning to dawn as chaos fills the television screen, tears fill my eyes, and terror presses up into my throat. Both towers of the World Trade Center have collapsed completely. This is not a David Copperfield, made-for-TV magic trick. They’re gone forever — two steel-girded limbs brutally amputated from the New York City skyline by evil fanatics whom President Bush nervously referred to as “folks.”
“Folks” are my family and neighbors. Those who orchestrated this bloody attack are not “folks.” They are madmen. Monsters. Mass murderers. The president looked and sounded scared. And that scares me.
The phone pierces my solitary angst. From his office tower in Gaithersburg, Md., my husband says that he can see smoke clouds from the Pentagon where a plane has reportedly crashed. A friend who works for the Defense Department calls to say he’s okay.
He is mournful: “We let America down.” All the rest of us can do now is pray and wonder and wait.
And watch.
“It’s like a movie. It’s like it’s not really happening.” That’s the shell-shocked refrain I hear over and over again from young eyewitnesses on TV. As their panicked voices melt in the background, this tragedy brings one truth into sharp focus: Mine is a pampered generation that has spent its collective life with its feet on the coffee table, its ample rear end planted into the living room sofa, and its jaded fingers on a remote control.
From the “Real World” and “Survivor,” to “Boot Camp” and “The Fear Factor,” what we know of conflict and survival and fear comes from the mind of cynical producers. From “Platoon” to “Saving Private Ryan” to “Pearl Harbor,” what we know of pain and sacrifice and the terror of war comes from a Blockbuster rental store. We have a Wag the Dog cynicism about the military, and a shameful indifference toward the veterans who secured the peace and prosperity we have so selfishly enjoyed.
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