AMBASSADOR GAA HONORS FILIPINO WWII VETERANS’ SERVICES AND SACRIFICES ON 62nd ANNIVERSARY OF ENACTMENT OF RESCISSION ACT

On 19 February 2008, a day after the 62^nd anniversary of the Rescission Act of 1946, Ambassador Willy C. Gaa, together with Filipino WWII veterans and officials from the Philippine Embassy, honored the services and sacrifices of Filipino WWII veterans by laying wreaths at a simple and solemn ceremony at the Bataan-Corregidor marker at the World War II Memorial in Washington D.C.

PHOTOS: (Upper left) Ambassador Gaa leads Filipino WWII veterans and officials from the Embassy on a wreath laying ceremony at the World War II Memorial in Washington D.C.; (Upper right) Ambassador Gaa laying a wreath at the Bataan-Corregidor marker; (Lower left) Ambassador Gaa acknowledging and honoring the services and sacrifices of Filipino WWII veterans; (Lower left) Ambassador Gaa with Filipino WWII veterans and Embassy officials at the Bataan-Corregidor marker where a simple message was read quoting U.S. President Harry S. Truman’s acknowledgement of the important service and contributions made by Filipino veterans to the U.S. war effort in World War II.

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