Sunday, March 25, 2007

In Hawaii: Broken Promises

(Sunday, March 25) - Manuel Pablo crouched in foxholes to defend the Philippines against invading Japanese soldiers in World War II. He says he watched a Japanese guard stab one of his comrades to death with a bayonet during the Bataan Death March when the starving prisoner of war asked for another bowl of rice. Even though Pablo risked his life for the United States, which controlled the Philippines as a commonwealth at the time, his children can't win approval to live with him in America during his retirement. (www.starbulletin.com) ...full story here

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