Veterans Who Survived WWII Bataan Death March Honored At Ceremony In San Bruno

Survivors of one of World War II's most horrifying episodes were honored Saturday. Devin Fehely joined some of the last remaining veterans who survived the Bataan Death March and are now nearly 100 years old.

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Many of the Filipinos who died with the allies did not get their promised United States benefits by Roosevelt. After the war, President Truman overturned the promised... meaning, Truman declined the benefits. It was years later altered, reduced and Filipinos who fought received a menial lump sump of money and select few only received citizenship. What happened there was a truly unacceptable time in history. Imperial Japan was in the PH and it was a strategically important directive that the Japanese cannot build bases in PH as the Japanese could have won the pacific war. The US only cared about the imperial Japan to leave and stay out of that part in the pacific. The sacrifice was important to both US and Philippines. Truman cancelled the benefits to Filipinos because it was wartime and the benefits were void because it would have costed the US millions of dollars to pay the veterans. Yet... we gave out trillions of COVID relieved for those who refuse to work lol

[@mattiasedwards188]

This hit home for me my great grand father is bruno doraguzzi and he served in ww2 he died at 102 in 2018 I'm his grandson and I am now 11 years old and I miss him
R.I.P to bruno doraguzzi
A loving grandpa, father and great grand father
I miss you great grandpa...

[@dianecrumbley90]

Mattias Edwards I’m so happy you remember your great grandfather the way you do. Bless you, young man! My father served in WWII.

[@artyfacts7142]

May he rest in peace.. from a filipino

[@KIARALOVES]

Awwwww May he rest and peace and you live on his memory your a great person and I don’t have to know you to tell that 🤍

[@dellcruz2818]

without grandpa we are nothing.

[@samuelestigoy4219]

In Memories of Peace ' My Uncle in the Army was a Casualty of BATAAN DEATH MARCH. REST IN PEACE 🙏 🪦

[@lukenathanricardo4463]

My great grandfather survived the March but he died before I was born

[@Terrance_Marshall_JR]

Cool my great uncle was in ww2 he was a Barton death March survivor and he was captured and beaten and tried to escape multiple times and they broke his legs and he was 17 when he joined the navy because his parents didn’t have food at home because of the Great Depression so he joined for th food and when we went to war he wasn’t old enough so they sent him home and then as soon as he was old enough he joined unfortunately he passed away a few years ago but he lived a great life

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