The Flag presented by Commander Teofilo Eborda to Jun Mailed, grandson of Veteran Benito A. Mailed. Councilman Elito Santarina,(left) Dr. Jenny Batongmalaque, (right) and Veterans, spouses and Widows witnessing
Press Advisory: For immediate Release
Contact: Dr. Jenny L. Batongmalaque
Executive Director
Filipino Veterans Foundation
310-835-8365
e-mail: drjennyb@earthlink.net.
http://www.erbfoundation.org/
A Memorial Service
A Memorial Service for Benito A. Mailed, a Veteran of WWII, was held at the newly established Pamana Center of the Filipino Veterans Foundation in Carson at the E.R.Batongmalaque Foundation.
Mailed, 93, was born in Abra, in 1915. He enlisted with the Philippine Constabulary of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1935. He was inducted in the USAFFE at the outbreak of WWII in the Philippines. He was assigned in Abra, and was taken as prisoner of war.
Upon his release he joined the USAFP NL and when the American Liberators returned to the Philippines in 1945, he relayed weapons from submarines to the armed forces on the ground. He was processed at the end of war, and immediately after he signed up as Sgt. In the Philippine Air Force. He served for 29 years in the service until he retired in the ‘60’s.
He arrived in America and 1992 and lived continuously in the care of Grace Wilbur’s Home of independent living, until he died at the age of 93, on September 16, 2008. His closest relative is Jun Mailed, a grandson, who made the final arrangements. He is survived by his spouse, children, grandchildren, and 46 greatgrandchildren.
A video taken last year at the Los Angeles National Cemetery, on October 20, on the occasion of the 63rd Anniversary of Leyte Landing, saluting the Greatest Generation, showed Mailed who was on the front row of the group picture. That was his last public appearance and he confided to his careprovider that he will stay in America until the Equity Bill is passed in Congress.
Councilman Elito Santarina presented a proclamation from the City of Carson and he encouraged everyone to pay tribute to all our Veterans because they deserve our honor, respect and gratitude.
The ceremony concluded with everyone singing “Amazing Grace.”
The Memorial Service was a “first” for the Filipino Veterans Foundation to sponsor at the Pamana Center, as Legacy for the Filipino WWII Veterans in Carson. It is located at the office of the Erasto R. Batongmalaque Foundation, at 23517 So. Main Street, Ste 115.
Call Vangie Beltran for details at 310-835-8365 and check the website, http://www.erbfoundation.org/.
A Memorial Service at the Pamana Center, offered by the Filipino Veterans Foundation at the auspices of the Erasto R. Batongmalaque Foundation, 23517 So. Main Street, Ste 115, Carson, CA. For details, call Vangie Beltran at 310-835-8365 or check http://www.erbfoundation.org/.
Contact: Dr. Jenny L. Batongmalaque
Executive Director
Filipino Veterans Foundation
310-835-8365
e-mail: drjennyb@earthlink.net.
http://www.erbfoundation.org/
A Memorial Service
A Memorial Service for Benito A. Mailed, a Veteran of WWII, was held at the newly established Pamana Center of the Filipino Veterans Foundation in Carson at the E.R.Batongmalaque Foundation.
Mailed, 93, was born in Abra, in 1915. He enlisted with the Philippine Constabulary of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1935. He was inducted in the USAFFE at the outbreak of WWII in the Philippines. He was assigned in Abra, and was taken as prisoner of war.
Upon his release he joined the USAFP NL and when the American Liberators returned to the Philippines in 1945, he relayed weapons from submarines to the armed forces on the ground. He was processed at the end of war, and immediately after he signed up as Sgt. In the Philippine Air Force. He served for 29 years in the service until he retired in the ‘60’s.
He arrived in America and 1992 and lived continuously in the care of Grace Wilbur’s Home of independent living, until he died at the age of 93, on September 16, 2008. His closest relative is Jun Mailed, a grandson, who made the final arrangements. He is survived by his spouse, children, grandchildren, and 46 greatgrandchildren.
A video taken last year at the Los Angeles National Cemetery, on October 20, on the occasion of the 63rd Anniversary of Leyte Landing, saluting the Greatest Generation, showed Mailed who was on the front row of the group picture. That was his last public appearance and he confided to his careprovider that he will stay in America until the Equity Bill is passed in Congress.
Councilman Elito Santarina presented a proclamation from the City of Carson and he encouraged everyone to pay tribute to all our Veterans because they deserve our honor, respect and gratitude.
The ceremony concluded with everyone singing “Amazing Grace.”
The Memorial Service was a “first” for the Filipino Veterans Foundation to sponsor at the Pamana Center, as Legacy for the Filipino WWII Veterans in Carson. It is located at the office of the Erasto R. Batongmalaque Foundation, at 23517 So. Main Street, Ste 115.
Call Vangie Beltran for details at 310-835-8365 and check the website, http://www.erbfoundation.org/.
A Memorial Service at the Pamana Center, offered by the Filipino Veterans Foundation at the auspices of the Erasto R. Batongmalaque Foundation, 23517 So. Main Street, Ste 115, Carson, CA. For details, call Vangie Beltran at 310-835-8365 or check http://www.erbfoundation.org/.
