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500| Wed, 23 Aug 2000 00:37:00 GMT| edcelis11| Comments (2)
My father received his last salary from the U.S. Army on December 1,1941 before the war broke. He became a prisoner of war and after two months he escaped. He then joined the guerrilla and continued fighting the Japanese.When the U.S. forces came back to liberate the Philippines, he reported to the U.S. Army. On June 9,1945 his pay resumed until he was honorably discharged on May 16,1946. Unfortunately, he was not paid or compensated for the period between December 1,1941 and June 9,1945.He is now bedridden after an open-heart surgery at the VA Hospital in San Diego California last August 1999.A fellow veteran was awarded similar claim ,then he realized that the government owed him back wages when he read about it.Last June this year he filed a claim and the VA responded, that the Department of Veterans Affairs Has not been authorized by Congress to compensate Prisoner of War veterans. The VA now find my father as incompetent or lack of mental capacity as a result of his heart surgery at the veterans hospital. I am now his legal custodian and I am seeking help and justice for my father.He would like to receive the same recognition and compensation as his fellow veterans and I hope its not to late.
Sincerely,
Edmund Celis
PS.
If someone is interested with my father's case, please contact me at 760/4895749 and 858/5776066 at work. I need advice.

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Originally posted by edcelis11:
My father received his last salary from the U.S. Army on December 1,1941 before the war broke. He became a prisoner of war and after two months he escaped. He then joined the guerrilla and continued fighting the Japanese.When the U.S. forces came back to liberate the Philippines, he reported to the U.S. Army. On June 9,1945 his pay resumed until he was honorably discharged on May 16,1946. Unfortunately, he was not paid or compensated for the period between December 1,1941 and June 9,1945.He is now bedridden after an open-heart surgery at the VA Hospital in San Diego California last August 1999.A fellow veteran was awarded similar claim ,then he realized that the government owed him back wages when he read about it.Last June this year he filed a claim and the VA responded, that the Department of Veterans Affairs Has not been authorized by Congress to compensate Prisoner of War veterans. The VA now find my father as incompetent or lack of mental capacity as a result of his heart surgery at the veterans hospital. I am now his legal custodian and I am seeking help and justice for my father.He would like to receive the same recognition and compensation as his fellow veterans and I hope its not to late.
Sincerely,
Edmund Celis
PS.
If someone is interested with my father's case, please contact me at 760/4895749 and 858/5776066 at work. I need advice.

Dear Edmund:
I wish I could offer some assistance to you, but this is not my area of law. However, the reason I am writing to you is to have you tell your father for me, "Thank you."
Your father is a true HERO and I, for one, am very glad that you told some of your father's story here.
I can only hope that your father will be better soon, and never forgotten for his true heroism. I hope that the WWII Memorial is built in Washington, D.C., so that good soldiers, like your father, will live on. Your father helped to make this country strong, and it is very much appreciated.
IAAL

i am always liable | Wed, 23 Aug 2000 01:33:00 GMT |

quote:
Originally posted by edcelis11:
My father received his last salary from the U.S. Army on December 1,1941 before the war broke. He became a prisoner of war and after two months he escaped. He then joined the guerrilla and continued fighting the Japanese.When the U.S. forces came back to liberate the Philippines, he reported to the U.S. Army. On June 9,1945 his pay resumed until he was honorably discharged on May 16,1946. Unfortunately, he was not paid or compensated for the period between December 1,1941 and June 9,1945.He is now bedridden after an open-heart surgery at the VA Hospital in San Diego California last August 1999.A fellow veteran was awarded similar claim ,then he realized that the government owed him back wages when he read about it.Last June this year he filed a claim and the VA responded, that the Department of Veterans Affairs Has not been authorized by Congress to compensate Prisoner of War veterans. The VA now find my father as incompetent or lack of mental capacity as a result of his heart surgery at the veterans hospital. I am now his legal custodian and I am seeking help and justice for my father.He would like to receive the same recognition and compensation as his fellow veterans and I hope its not to late.
Sincerely,
Edmund Celis
PS.
If someone is interested with my father's case, please contact me at 760/4895749 and 858/5776066 at work. I need advice.

Contact Senator Daniel Inouye (Hawaii) of the US Congress. He is also a disabled veteran. If anyone can help, he can.
We must fight for ALL our veterans who fought for us.
We Americans have a tendency to go on with our daily lives and take our freedom for granted. I did until it hit home. Right out of high school my 18 year old cousin was drafted in the US Army. While fighting in the Vietnam war he exhibited his final act of bravery. While being the frontman for his platoon, he walked into an exploding booby trap set by the enemy. He never left that spot. He never made it to see his 19th birthday. After all these years, I can still see as if it was just yesterday, his coffin draped with the American flag sitting alone on the freshly mowed grounds of the National Cemetary of the Pacific. The shots firing from the 21 gun salute sent shivers up my spine. The haunting of the Taps melody from the lone bugle echoed throughout the land.
It was a sad day for America. It was a good day for Americans. Freedom is not free.

homeguru | Fri, 25 Aug 2000 18:14:00 GMT |

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