{"id":1094,"date":"2010-02-13T16:46:08","date_gmt":"2010-02-13T21:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rushmypassport.com\/blog\/?p=1094"},"modified":"2018-07-05T12:18:34","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T12:18:34","slug":"new-passport-arrives-too-late-for-veteran-to-attend-combat-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushmypassport.com\/blog\/new-passport-arrives-too-late-for-veteran-to-attend-combat-reunion\/","title":{"rendered":"New Passport Arrives Too Late for Veteran to Attend Reunion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Except for the time he spent fighting in the Philippines, Tony Lopez, a World War II veteran, has never left the United States. According to the Denver Post,<\/a> that was supposed to change on February 16th, when a combat reunion will be held in the Philippines to mark the 65th anniversary of the<\/span> Battle for the Recapture of Corregidor, which Mr. Lopez participated in. <\/span><\/p>\n

Mr. Lopez, who was awarded both a <\/span>Purple Heart and a Bronze Star for his service, was supposed to “raise the colors” in the ceremony, but when he applied for a new passport, he was turned down. The reason? His birth certificate wasn’t issued within a year of his birth. According to an earlier article from the Denver Post<\/a>, he was born in a very small town in New Mexico, and getting a copy of his birth certificate was a challenge:<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Catholic church burned down, and all the records were lost,” he said. “In 1990, my brother and I traced our baptismal records to Santa Fe. The state took those and gave us our birth certificates based on that.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Unfortunately, since Mr. Lopez applied with normal processing, he didn’t find out about the problem until 6 weeks later, when his wife got her new passport back and he got a rejection letter from the Department of State. <\/span><\/p>\n

This is another illustration of how easily problems can arise when current requirements for documentation are applied to people who were born in times and places where strict-recordkeeping wasn’t the norm.\u00a0 It’s also another good reason to expedite your passport application even if you think you have plenty of time. <\/span><\/p>\n

Sen. Michael Bennet was able to get a one-year temporary passport for Mr. Lopez, but it didn’t reach him soon enough for him to make the necessary arrangements.\u00a0 Fortunately, he will get a second chance: <\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s all right. There’s another reunion on March 3, the anniversary of MacArthur accepting the island back from the Japanese,” he said. “Maybe I can get to that one.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tony Lopez, a World War II veteran, was supposed to spend February 16th at a combat reunion in the Philippines, but everything changed when he tried to apply for a new passport. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[93,89],"class_list":["post-1094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-important-documents","tag-birth-certificate","tag-new-passport"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t