Amb. Gaa Honors Filipino WWII Veterans' Services & Sacrifices on 62nd Anniversary of Enactment of Rescission Act
On 19 February 2008, a day
after the 62nd 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.