PACAF honors Filipino-American veterans during ceremony

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Thomas Harwood III (second from left), Mobilization Assistant to the commander of Pacific Air Forces, looks on as honored guests lay a wreath at the 74th Commemoration of “Araw ng Kagitingan” (Philippine Day of Valor), April 16, 2016, at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii. The memorial ceremony honored Filipino-American veterans of World War II and is held on the anniversary of the fall of Bataan, and the Bataan Death March which claimed approximately 10,000 Filipino and American lives in April of 1942. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Consulate General Honolulu)

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PACAF honors Filipino-American veterans during ceremony

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Thomas Harwood III (second from left), Mobilization Assistant to the commander of Pacific Air Forces, and event guests pay their respects during the National Anthem at the 74th Commemoration of “Araw ng Kagitingan” or Philippine Day of Valor, April 16, 2016, at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii. The memorial ceremony honored Filipino-American veterans of World War II, and is held on the anniversary of the fall of Bataan and the Bataan Death March which claimed approximately 10,000 Filipino and American lives in April of 1942. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Consulate General Honolulu)

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PACAF honors Filipino-American veterans during ceremony

Published April 22, 2016
Headquarters Pacific Air Forces

HONOLULU, Hawaii --

Maj. Gen. Thomas Harwood III, Mobilization Assistant to the commander of Pacific Air Forces, attended the 74th Commemoration of “Araw ng Kagitingan” or Philippine Day of Valor, April 16 to honor Filipino-American veterans of WWII.