Gabbard Co-Sponsors Filipino Veterans Promise Act

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From a press release Tuesday (May 7):

Today, Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) cosponsored the Filipino Veterans Promise Act to restore benefits to Filipino soldiers who fought alongside American troops in World War II. The legislation mandates that the Department of Defense – in coordination with military historians – establish a process to open the “Missouri List” to give Filipinos the opportunity to prove their service if they do not currently appear on the list.

Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard is also a co-sponsor of the Filipino Veterans Fairness Act of 2013, which seeks to make all Filipino veterans fully eligible for the benefits that they were promised, and that U.S veterans already receive. …

More than 200,000 Filipinos fought with the United States during World War II, and more than half were killed. As citizens of a commonwealth of the U.S. before and during the war, Filipinos were legally American nationals, and were promised the same benefits afforded to members of the U.S. military.

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—Chad Blair

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