Filipino WWII Veterans Seek Pensions From U.S. Government

SAN FRANCISCO - APRIL 14: Francisco Boncato, 80, sleeps beside the dinner table in his home April 14, 2005 in San Francisco. He fought the Japanese during WWII as a guerrilla soldier. He was among the Filipino soldiers who were granted citizenship through naturalization in the early 1990's by virtue of his status as a WWII veteran. However, he is not eligible for pension so he lives off $718 per month on Supplemental Security Income (SSI). To save money on rent he shares a converted one-bedroom apartment in the heart of the Tenderloin with his wife Aurora, 73, and two other Filipino WWII veterans. He and other Filipino WWII veterans are claiming full veterans benefits promised in President Roosevelt's Presidential Decree at the beginning for the war but later reneged by the U.S. Congress with the Rescission Act of 1946. Like many Filipino veterans living in the U.S. he is old and sickly and spends most of his days at home. (Photo by Marvi Lacar/Getty Images)
SAN FRANCISCO - APRIL 14: Francisco Boncato, 80, sleeps beside the dinner table in his home April 14, 2005 in San Francisco. He fought the Japanese during WWII as a guerrilla soldier. He was among the Filipino soldiers who were granted citizenship through naturalization in the early 1990's by virtue of his status as a WWII veteran. However, he is not eligible for pension so he lives off $718 per month on Supplemental Security Income (SSI). To save money on rent he shares a converted one-bedroom apartment in the heart of the Tenderloin with his wife Aurora, 73, and two other Filipino WWII veterans. He and other Filipino WWII veterans are claiming full veterans benefits promised in President Roosevelt's Presidential Decree at the beginning for the war but later reneged by the U.S. Congress with the Rescission Act of 1946. Like many Filipino veterans living in the U.S. he is old and sickly and spends most of his days at home. (Photo by Marvi Lacar/Getty Images)
Filipino WWII Veterans Seek Pensions From U.S. Government
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