A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to determine the validity of the claims of certain Filipinos who assert that they performed military service on behalf of the United States during World War II, and for other purposes.

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Authorizes an individual who claims to have performed military service for the United States Army in the Philippines during World War II, and is not already so recognized, to file an application with the Secretary of the Army to have such service recognized for purposes of veterans' benefits. Directs the Secretary to determine the validity of such application based on whether such individual: (1) served in the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines (including organized guerilla units) while such forces were in the service of the United States Armed Forces; (2) was awarded the Purple Heart or other decoration; and (3) was inducted into the United States Armed Forces in the Far East before World War II, served during such war, and whose name was erroneously removed from United States Armed Forces records.

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 5 April 1979

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