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Student Action for Veteran Equity Campaign Postcards
{Spring 2007}
Many Pilipino Veteranos are living their final years in poverty in the United States without their families – unaware of their destiny upon enlisting in helping the United States’ cause during World War II. After the war in October of 1945, General Omar Bradley, the Administrator of the Veterans Administration reaffirmed that these Filipino soldiers would be treated equal to an American veteran. While approximately 250,000 who joined the Armed Forces were promised benefits (pensions, healthcare, etc.) by President Roosevelt, the government refuses to acknowledge the Veteranos’ contribution and the agreement was revoked on February 18, 1946 through the Rescission Act of 1946 by President Truman. Since then, many have passed away, leaving an estimated 7,000 living in the States and an overwhelming 30,000 back in the Philippines.
The postcards were designed as part of a campaign against the injustice brought onto the Pilipino veteranos. I chose to keep the faces of the soldiers hidden as a reflection of how the veteranos have been overlooked by the United States government. The slogan was also created as a reminder of the lack of equality set upon them. Text from David Salomon's poem was used as well to reverberate the continuing grievance and importance of the cause.
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