Before becoming the Governor General of the Philippine Islands in 1929, DWIGHT F. DAVIS, Sr. served as Secretary of War from 1925 to 1929.
DWIGHT F. DAVIS graduated from the officer training program at Plattsburg, New York, and went on to serve in the American Expeditionary Force in France with the 35th Division of the 138th Infantry Regiment, in the final phase of the First World War. He served alongside a future US President, then “an obscure artillery battery commander by the name of Captain Harry S Truman”. The final months of the war saw over one million Americans take part in the series of Allied attacks, known as the Hundred Days Offensive. Part of this, last 47 days of the war, was the Meuse-Argonne Offensive (sometimes called the Battle of Argonne Forest), where Lieutenant Colonel Dwight Davis earned both a Distinguished Service Cross and a Silver Star Citation for “extraordinary heroism in action”.
I, the undersigned Governor-General of the Philippine Islands do hereby request all whom it may concern to permit entry and freely to pass and in case of emergency give all lawful aid and protection to the bearer: Felicula F. Reyes, A CITIZEN OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS OWING ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES.
Given unto my hand and the seal of the Philippine Islands at Manila
March 15th 1930
Dwight F. Davis
Governor General of the Philippines
We want the same treatment from Washington DC as the U.K. treat the people of Hong Kong, a former British COLONY. The Philippines WAS NEVER A COLONY of the USA. It is an abandoned U.S. Territory.
Japanese occupation of the Philippines started on Jan. 23, 1942 under Gen. Homma. Filipino (U.S. nationals) and American troops fought on in Bataan until Apr. 9, 1942 and on Corregidor until May 6, 1942.
Therefore Filipino and American troops were fighting to buy precious time for Allied forces in Australia then a British Commonwealth.
Therefore Filipino and U.S. troops were fighting for HM King George VI and the British Empire more than the USA and the Philippines.
This is why I am urging you all, AS A FORM OF PROTEST, SEEK dual nationality, U.K. and USA.
Through a Royal Charter from HM Queen Elizabeth II, support from Monarchists from CANZUK and the US, we will recover, rehabilitate and administer our ancestral land, the Philippines and re the US nationality of QUALIFIED Filipinos. In return, WE SHALL MAKE THE ENTIRE PHILIPPINES AN AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENT! We shall seek the intercession of HM Queen Elizabeth II to help us regain the US nationality of qualified Filipinos .
We will seek U.S. passport for qualified Filipinos and/or the right to travel and work in the U.S.A. without the need of a visa, typically granted to citizens of countries with a Compact of Free Association with the USA.
Two days after the 79th Congress overrode Truman’s veto of the 1946 Rescission Act retroactively denying military recognition and benefits of Filipino WWII veterans, Pres. Harry S. Truman’s issued a Statement reiterating that Filipinos are “NATIONALS OF THE UNITED STATES until July 4, 1946”. See: 38-Statement by the President Concerning Provisions in Bill Affecting Philippine Army Veterans dated Feb. 20, 1946.
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Below is the only mention on the newspaper that I can find saying that Pres. Truman vetoed the Rescission Act of 1946. On the upper right hand corner of the broadsheet, See: “Pertinent Comment”, 3rd paragraph from last. The Coshocton News Feb. 14, 1946. On Feb. 18, 1946 the 79th Congress overrode Truman’s veto and passed the Rescission Act of 1946 into law. In response, Truman issued the “38 – Statement by the President Concerning Provisions in Bill Affecting Philippine Army Veterans ” dated Feb. 20, 1946. Quote from the final sentence of the third paragraph from the last: “A definite stipulation to that effect was written into the rescission bill recently VETOED by President Truman for other reasons.”
