Most of the old, frail soldiers at San Jose's Eastside Community Center have been Americans for almost two decades now.
But on Saturday, they finally were treated like it.
About 200 Filipino-American veterans and family members from throughout the Bay Area gathered at the center to celebrate a milestone victory: passage of hard-fought legislation that honors the veterans for their World War II service and gives them a lump-sum payment of $15,000 to help rectify a congressional snub that stripped away their veterans' benefits 63 years ago.
The checks started going out Thursday. And many Filipino vets thought they'd never live to see the day.
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