Again, the Filipino government should pull out its checkbook and pay its gratitude to its soldiers who assisted the Americans in saving their island.
If the Filipinos came to California and saved the US from the Germans and then continued on to Berlin. the US would owe them a nice pension.
I am still confused on why we have are paying them? THEY were occupied by the Japanese, we were allies and liberated them, I know, my two best friends are from the Phillipines...I am just curious why we owe them money?
Have I lost my mind?
The Filipino government did it’s part for its soldiers decades ago. Until today, and to the best of my knowledge, the US never has.
IMHO, this is less about paying those that helped evict the Japanese and more about paying for all the rescued and protected airmen and soldiers as well as those Filipino troops that tried to keep US troops alive in the Bataan death march and subsequent internment. Review your WW2 history, specifically the Filipino campaigns.
Oh, and by the way? The Filipinos still honor both Filipino AND US troops who perished in the Bataan Death March every April 9 - it’s a national holiday.
We.... don’t.
The answer to your question is simple. The Philippines were a US territory until shortly after WWII. While it is true the Filipino service members were liberating their lands, those lands were a territory of the United States of America, and not an independent nation.