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A long march.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Almeda, Celestino.
- Panaglima, Rudy.
- Reyes, Feliciana.
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Filipinos.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Filipinos--Biography.
- Filipinos.
- World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Philippines--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (00:56:53)) : sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Good Docs, 2021.
- Language Note:
- Closed-captions in English.
- Summary:
- Winding through a seldom told history of the Philippines and United States, Celestino Almeda, Rudy Panaglima, and Feliciana Reyes find themselves inducted into U.S. Armed Forces during WWII. After their service, Congress declared them, and hundreds of thousands more, to be "not on active duty." These veterans were denied backpay, denied GI benefits, and denied promised citizenship. Today, Celestino, Rudy and Feliciana's continued fight represents the tens of thousands of elderly Filipino veterans who remain unacknowledged despite their evidence of service. As judicial solutions hit a brick wall and all eyes turn to Congress, A Long March asks the hard questions: will America stand up for the values it claims, and will these veterans get the recognition they deserve before they are all dead?
- Participant:
- Director, T.S. Botkin.
- Notes:
- Description based on XML content.
- ISBN:
- 9781036247720
- OCLC:
- 1584443376
- Publisher Number:
- 301736
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