(E-mail sent by J. Alejandro)"Historic twist to stimulus bill: Senate votes to reward Filipino veterans" By Ken McLaughlin
The stimulus bill approved by the U.S. Senate on Monday night authorized the release of $198 million to rectify Uncle Sam's postwar snub. About 18,000 Filipino vets who fought in the war under the American flag would now receive up to $15,000 for their service.
Sarah Gonzalez of San Jose, whose late father was a guerrilla in the Philippines, said the bill doesn't give the vets everything they wanted and felt they deserved.
"It's not really the victory they fought for," she said. "But it does provide some kind of closure. "... It's too bad the U.S. economy had to fail for the compensation to be approved."
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