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Celestino Almeda helped the United States liberate the Philippines from Japanese occupation in World War II. The 100-year-old veteran inked a settlement Monday with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on the $15,000 benefit that bureaucratic red tape kept out of reach. (Photo by Eric Lachica with the American Coalition for Filipino Veterans Inc.)

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