NOW Live from the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center

From the Navy to the Army, Marines, Coast Guard, and the Air Force, Filipinos and Filipino Americans have been members of the U.S. military as early as the 1920s. This public program discussed the politics and policies that made the recruitment of Filipinos and Filipino Americans to the U.S. military possible, and the many challenges they encountered within the ranks as Filipinos and U.S. citizens in the U.S. Armed Forces.

Time:
Friday, June 9, 2006, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
 
Location:
Lecture Hall
S. Dillon Ripley Center
1100 Jefferson Dr., SW

This public program also featured two noted Filipino American photojournalists and their images of Filipinos and Filipino Americans in the military. Panelists included Major General Antonio Taguba, WWII veteran and retired Major in USAF, Valentine Ildefonso, Patricia Pasick, Cheryl Diaz Meyer, and Paul Tanedo. Irene Bueno, Filipino American Centennial Committee member, moderated.

Presented by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program and co-sponsored by the American Coalition for the Filipino Veterans, Inc., National Network for Veterans Equity, and Japanese American Veterans Association.