Filipinos fight for US citizenship in Afghanistan - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/filipinos-fight-us-citizenship-afghanistan-053158596.html - broken link)
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There are around 25,000 non-US citizens serving in the military, the Pentagon says.
Non-citizens have fought for the US since the 18th century War of Independence, while the US officially started recruiting Filipinos after World War II when it opened military bases in the Philippines.
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I'm happy that some want to EARN their place in the US by placing their lives at risk.
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