![]() Josh Green.įilipino veterans – including Oscar Bangui, Faustino Garcia and Art Caleda and their families – as well as Filipino-American state legislators, officials from the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and the Art Advisory Committee also graced the occasion. It honors the veterans of Filipino heritage and the civilian resistance who fought against the Japanese invasion and occupation of the Philippines during the Second World War.Įmil Fernandez, Philippine consul general to Honolulu, attended the dedication of the Filipino World War II Veterans Monument at the Waipahu Public Library last Feb. The monument is composed of four bronze statues representing the fighting forces of the Philippine Constabulary, 1st Filipino Division, Filipino Scouts, Filipino Guerrillas and the 1st and 2nd Filipino Regiments from Hawaii and the US mainland. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.MANILA, Philippines - A monument dedicated to the contributions of Filipino World War II veterans to freedom and peace has been built in Honolulu. Sila'y pinagkalooban ng katwiran at budhi at dapat magpalagayan ang isa't isa sa diwa ng pagkakapatiran.Īll human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
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