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Litigation

Jun. 8, 2010

Filipino Veterans Sue Over Benefits

After Congress finally agreed to recognize their service last year with one-time payments of $15,000, Filipino soldiers who fought in World War II are once again being turned away from collecting veterans' benefits, according to a lawsuit.

By Laura Ernde

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - For more than six decades, Filipino soldiers who fought alongside U.S. soldiers during World War II were denied veterans' benefits.

After Congress finally agreed to recognize their service last year with one-time payments of $15,000, the men now in their 80s and 90s are once again being turned away, according to a lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in San Fr...

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