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Event to honor veteran Japanese-Americans
Tōkyō :: Japan | over 1 year ago
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Feb. 4, with dinner at 6, at the Merced County Fairgrounds Pavilion Building, 900 Martin Luther King Jr...Veterans who are eligible for the Congressional Gold Medal, along with one guest each, will receive a free dinner. The United States Mint has
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Congressional Gold Medal Japanese-American Veterans banquet Feb. 4
Merced :: CA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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The veterans will be honored at a banquet on Saturday Feb. 4, at 5 p.m., with dinner at 6 p.m. at the Merced County Fairgrounds Pavilion Building, 900 Martin Luther King Jr...Event organizers said they could order the Nisei Soldiers of World War II 3-
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Ohio union referendum: $41 million
Columbus :: OH :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Ohio Both sides in the fall ballot fight over Ohio's contentious collective bargaining law spent almost $41 million combined to sway voters. Campaign finance reports filed Friday show that union-backed We Are Ohio raised almost $30 million and spent
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Hawaii parade honors Japanese-American WWII vets
Honolulu :: HI :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Hundreds of Japanese-American World War II veterans are being honored with a parade in Honolulu — nearly 70 years after they volunteered to fight for their country even as the government branded them "enemy aliens." The event
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Fighting for the right to fight
Rome :: Italy | over 1 year ago
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Undeterred by internment Soon after, government officials began rounding up citizens of Asian descent and placing them in temporary and permanent internment camps, hastily built in desolate, unpopulated areas. Tsuda, along with the rest of his family,
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Battlefield exploits earn Japanese-American veterans the Congressional Gold Medal
San Jose :: CA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Just ask them, and they'll insist, "I was only doing my job."...It awarded Doi, who lives in Richmond, two Bronze Stars for "heroic and meritorious service" in World War II. Sakai, who lives in Morgan Hill, was awarded one Bronze Star and four Purple
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Local man accepts gold medal of honor on behalf of his grandfather
Tōkyō :: Japan | over 1 year ago
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Jason Chang accepted the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor at the Congressional Celebration of Japanese Americans who served in World War II. His grandfather, John Kashiki, was honored for his service in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. The 442nd
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Japanese-American WWII vets awarded special medal
Date :: Japan | over 1 year ago
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Nearly seven decades after the attack on Pearl Harbor, thousands of Japanese-American World War II veterans were honored Wednesday at a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony held at the U.S Capitol. In a rare moment of unity, Democratic and Republican
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Utah Japanese-American vets among 100s honored by Congress
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | over 1 year ago
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The Salt Lake Tribune Washington » More than 70 years ago, their families were shunned by the U.S. government, their patriotism questioned and many of their relatives imprisoned in internment camps as America entered World War II...Capitol with open
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Harvard professor to get Congressional Gold Medal
Dachau :: Germany | over 1 year ago
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Japanese-American Susumu Ito fought in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in WW II Members of the 442nd RCT are being honored on Capitol Hill with a Congressional Gold Medal The Congressional Gold Medal is the nation's highest civilian award 2nd Lt...
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