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Cenon Audencial was a guerilla with the Philippine Resistance Movement turned second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Forces in the Far East in the early 1940s. Like many of the 260,000 Filipinos who fought and served under and alongside the U.S. military during World War II, Audencial may never be recognized for his war efforts because of lost documentation. 

The word Samaritan, though historically referring to a person from Samaria, has evolved to mean a helpful person. In 1915, one Fireman Second Class from the United States Navy received the Medal of Honor for “Samaritan” actions while on board the USS San Diego. When an explosion in the boiler…

The large Filipino community and the military presence provide an appropriate backdrop for an effort to honor a Filipino-American service member.