Brigadier General Vicente P. Lim served as an Army infantry officer and was best known for leading a heroic defense of the Philippine Islands during World War II.
April 9th is National Former POW Recognition Day, which remembers the 1942 surrender and beginning of the 85-mile Bataan Death March where thousands of American and Filipino troops died.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army and Air Force Veteran Rosemary Hogan Luciano, a nurse who was a prisoner of war during World War II.
Army Veteran Warren Michio Tsuneishi served in the Military Intelligence Service as a translator during World War II, in Hawaii, the Philippines and Korea.
Celestino Almeda was a Filipino citizen who served with the U.S. during World War II. For more than half a century, the U.S. refused to recognize his status as an American Veteran.
During Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Eleanor Concepcion “Connie” Mariano, the Navy’s first rear admiral of Filipino descent.
During Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Antonio Taguba, who served 35 years.
On the anniversary of the Bataan Death March, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Wild Bill Begley, one of the survivors.
During Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Yoshito Fujimoto, a World War II translator.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran William J. Balchus, who was a prisoner of war during World War II and survived the Palawan massacre.
WWII Veteran “Eddie” Rosenblum, 100, received his vaccine at the VA New York Harbor Healthcare System. A native of Austria, his family fled Europe to America, where he was drafted after Pearl Harbor.
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, which offers a chance to look back on Veterans honored through Congressional Gold Medals.