'08 SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS DAY PARADE

 

Click on photo at right to go to Tony's flickr.com album of the parade. The San Francisco Veterans Day Parade November 9, 2008 was a great event in honor of those who served and still serves to protect this wonderful nation. We were joined this year by the Mestizos M.C. from Stockton. Many Thanks and we hope they make it again next year. Click on "Home" at left then click on the "MESTIZOS Motorcycle Club" homepage listed there. They are a diverse Stockton, CA club with many members of Filipino American heritage. Many Thanks also to Sgt. Pelagio Valdez, ret., who continues to keep the legacy of the 1st & 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army 1942-1946 alive, honoring their brave service in WWII by flying their colors in the San Francisco Veterans Day Parade year after year. Click on Tony's flickr link at photos on the right for more photos of the Nov. 9, 2008 San Francisco Veterans Day Parade. Click on "Home" at left THEN click on the "1st & 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army 1942-1946" Homepage website listed there.	Click HERE for a YouTube video taken during the Parade
Click on photo at right of the 1st & 2nd Filipino Inf. Reg. 1942-46 to go to u-tube video of SF Vet's parade. The all Filipino U.S. Army unit was the only U.S. Army unit issued "bolos" as a fighting weapon. A bolo is a common machete used by Filipinos in their daily farm chores.
July 21, 2000 bill signing for vets benefits.