April 27, 2023 Washington, D.C. Every April 9 in the Philippines, the nation commemorates the fall of Bataan and Corregidor to the Japanese Imperial Army, which invaded and occupied the country for three years. This holiday is now observed in the...

April 27, 2023 Washington, D.C. Every April 9 in the Philippines, the nation commemorates the fall of Bataan and Corregidor to the Japanese Imperial Army, which invaded and occupied the country for three years. This holiday is now observed in the...

April 22, 2023. Dangerfield Island, Virginia For the third year in a row, families and friends in the DMV’s Filipino American community gathered early Saturday morning to honor the service and sacrifice of Filipino and American soldiers who endured...

March 21, 2023 White Sands Missile Range, NM. Under the banner of the Filipino Veterans Recognition and Education Project (FilVetREP), 25 Filipinos Americans from across the U.S., including a living World War II veteran, were among the more than...

Ciriaco Ladines, one of three living Filipino World War II veterans in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, died on January 22. He was 95 years old and passed peacefully surrounded by family and friends in his home in Bowie, Maryland. “We are...

Distance: Marathon and Honorary March (26 & 14.2 miles) Location: White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico Date: March 17 - 19, 2023FilVetREP’s participation in the annual Bataan Memorial Death March has created greater awareness about the service...

Statement by Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba (Ret), Chairman, Filipino Veterans Recognition and Education Project Each year in the United States, the Dec 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii by Japanese Naval Forces is commemorated. President Franklin...

FilVetREP Chairman Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba (Ret) introduces the Honorable Erika Moritsugu, Deputy Asst. to President Biden and Senior Liaison for Asian Americans Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders at the Oct. 22, 2022 6th anniversary...

In its six years of championing the cause of Filipino World War II Veterans, FilVetREP has secured the Congressional Gold Medal, and developed an education program by launching an award-winning online interactive website, www.dutytocountry.org. To...

May 20, 2022 Washington, D.C. “Naming a future destroyer USS Telesforo Trinidad in honor of a Filipino sailor is a historic event that also honors the service of tens of thousands of Filipinos in the U.S. Navy,” said FilVetREP Chairman Maj. Gen....