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DefenseLINK News: David Chu: DoD's Highest-Ranking Asian American Civilian
by the fact that it is no longer unusual to have Asians and Islanders in the ranksof the military, said Chu, DoD's highestranking civilian Asian American.
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/May2002/n05152002_200205151.html

Extractions: American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, May 15, 2002 There were only a few Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders serving in the armed forces when Chinese American David S.C. Chu, 58, joined the Army Reserve in the 1960s. That's changed over the years, and Chu these days, as the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, is in the best position to know. Sworn in as undersecretary on June 1, 2001, Chu is the defense secretary's senior policy adviser on recruitment, career development, and pay and benefits for 1.4 million active duty military personnel, 1.3 million National Guard and Reserve personnel and 680,000 DoD civilian employees. AFRTS Radio Report: Defense Department salutes Asian Pacific Americans AFRTS TV Report: Defense Department salutes Asian Pacific Americans Even with the large cutback in military personnel in recent years, he said, there were 6,636 officers, 330 warrant officers and 46,220 enlisted personnel of Asian Pacific ancestry serving in the armed forces as of March 2002.
DefenseLINK News: 21 Asian American World War II Vets To Get Medal Of Honor
WASHINGTON, May 19, 2000 Twentyone Asian American World War II heroes are scheduled theirsize, among the most highly decorated units in US military history
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/May2000/n05192000_20005191.html

Extractions: American Force Press Service WASHINGTON, May 19, 2000 Twenty-one Asian American World War II heroes are scheduled to have their wartime Distinguished Service Crosses upgraded to Medals of Honor during White House ceremonies on June 21. Seven of the 21 recipients are still living. They are: Rudolph B. Davila of Vista, Calif.; Barney F. Hajiro of Waipahu, Hawaii; Shizuya Hayashi of Pearl City, Hawaii; U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye of Honolulu, Hawaii; Yeiki Kobashigawa of Hawaii (city not available); Yukio Okutsu of Hilo, Hawaii; and George T. Sakato of Denver. The Distinguished Service Cross was conferred on 11 of the heroes posthumously. The remaining three have died since the war. President Clinton approved the Army's recommendations for the upgrades on May 12. Nineteen of the 21 veterans were members of the all-Japanese 100th Infantry Battalion or 442nd Regimental Combat Team for their size, among the most highly decorated units in U.S. military history. The 100th, comprised mostly of Japanese American National Guardsmen from Hawaii, was the first all-Japanese American combat unit. While the 442nd was being formed in 1943, the 100th Battalion was already fighting in Italy. The 100th merged into the 442nd in 1944 and became the regiment's first battalion though it retained its unit designation.
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Asian Pacific American Heritage: One Perspective
of staff of the U.S. Army, an American of Japanese descent and the highest ranking Asian American military officer ever.
http://www.dcmilitary.com/airforce/beam/7_17/features/16392-1.html

Extractions: Senior Air Force Chaplain, Arlington National Cemetery I believe one of the United States' greatest strengths is the diversity of its people, and one of the most diverse societies in the United States is the armed forces. As a Chinese-American who has grown up in America, I am proud of the way the Air Force encourages equality and enforces rules that ensure all of its members are treated equally. Monthly cultural awareness celebrations are just one way the military helps people of this great nation learn to appreciate the diversity of our society.
Eric Mar's Asian American Studies Web Site
Newspaper SF Bay Guardian Listings API Circles Listings Asian American RevolutionaryMovement for the Pentagon last week, to provide the military with every
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Extractions: Asian American Studies - San Francisco State University Office: Psychology Bldg Rm 108, 1600 Holloway, San Francisco, CA 94132 Voice - 415/338-6591; Fax - 415/661-4827 Email: ericmar@att.net Website: http://online.sfsu.edu/~ericmar School of Ethnic Studies Website API Coalition Against the War APIFORCE
NCM: Pentagon Organizes North American Military Force
Reacting to 9/11, the Pentagon is organizing a new military zone the East AsianAmerican Newspapers in California Run Gamut on Iraq Pacific News Service
http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=334
PoliticalCircus.com - Asian Pacific American Politics - Today's Front Page
By RPG Newswire In a national address tonight, President Bush delivered an ultimatumto Saddam Hussein to leave Iraq within 48 hours or face military invasion.
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PoliticalCircus.com - Asian Pacific American Politics - Asian American Congressm
News Asian American Congressmen, Senators Say No to Iraq War Resolution Oct 11 Congressultimately approved the use of the nations military forces against
http://www.politicalcircus.com/archive/article_980.shtml

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Asian America News
Fri, 14 Feb 2003, WN Network, WN America, WN Asia. (Photo Getty Images)North KoreaAccuses US of military Moves on Border North Korean soldiers stand guard on the
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Asian American Press
US Senate recently held a floor vote which worked against an amendment offered bySenator Russ Feingold (DWI) to restrict International military Education and
http://www.aapress.com/webjan31/netan.html

Extractions: WASHINGTON (ETAN) The U.S. Senate recently held a floor vote which worked against an amendment offered by Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) to restrict International Military Education and Training (IMET) for Indonesia. Senator Feingold, along with amendment co-sponsors Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Ron Wyden (D-OR), as well as other Senators who voted for the amendment. Thirty-six Senators voted in favor of the amendment, and 61 against. "The Indonesian military has sabotaged international efforts to attain justice for crimes against humanity committed in East Timor, exonerated itself of the strong implication that its elite Special Forces recently murdered two U.S. teachers, and beat a U.S. nurse yet the Senate voted to give the military a level of support not seen in more than a decade. Why is the Senate rewarding this behavior?" asked Kurt Biddle, Coordinator of the Indonesia Human Rights Network (IHRN). "These Senators could not have sent a more ill-timed message. Never before has the Indonesian military displayed such boldness in attacking U.S. citizens as it did in 2002. It's not difficult to imagine how the TNI treats Indonesian citizens," said Orenstein. "The Senators who voted against the amendment have effectively given U.S. backing to continued gross human rights violations."
Asian American Press
Americans are concerned about Iraq, and strongly support international effortsto pressure Iraq to comply without military action, said Congressman Sabo, a
http://www.aapress.com/webjan31/nsabo.html

Extractions: UNSC resolution 1441, which passed on November 8, 2002, called for the immediate return of weapons inspectors to force Iraq to disclose and destroy any weapons of mass destruction. Since passage, weapons inspectors have worked steadily to accomplish the resolution's goals, and prepare a report by January 27. "Americans are concerned about Iraq, and strongly support international efforts to pressure Iraq to comply without military action," said Congressman Sabo, a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. "I remain committed to inspections and multinational diplomacy as the best means to achieve our objectives and avoid war." "Last fall, I had serious concerns about the President's unilateral approach to dealing with Iraq," said Sabo. "I believe it wrongly emphasized military force before diplomatic action to address the threats posed by Saddam Hussein to the Iraqi people, the region and the United States. I still firmly hold this view and urge the President to continue working with the United Nations to reach a just and peaceful resolution."
SBU Asian American E-Zine
In light of this danger, it is almost bizarre that our military continues to March24th Next EZine April 1st - April @ SBU Asian / American Awareness Month.
http://www.aa2sbu.org/aaezine/
Asian American Net : Articles
Recent Articles published by Asian American Net. envoy, who mediated talks betweenthe generals and the opposition leader, are warning the military regime that
http://www.asianamerican.net/article11.html

Extractions: This is a report to Secretary-General of United Nations, who mediated and monitored the talks between the generals and the opposition leaders in Burma. The "Report to Secretary-General of United Nations " was endorsed by, many political organizations, student groups, interest groups and individuals around the world and written by Burma Studies Group(JHB). The petition report is hosted here at
Asian American Net : Article
back in September (before the war) Ms. Lee opposed the resolution giving the Presidentfree reign to spend a $40 billion budget on the military to retaliate
http://www.asianamerican.net/article8.html

Extractions: "Where are the women, where are the women"? This was the chant reverberating throughout a stadium holding several thousand participants just two months ago. It was the NGO closing ceremonies at the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa and Fidel Castro was the honored speaker. As five dark suited dignitariesall malestook their seats at a table behind him, a lone voice shouted the question from the vast crowd. Little could anyone have predicted that less than a month later the United States would stage a war in which few voices of reason or sanity are audible. Let's face it, the feminine perspectivewhich does not necessarily have to come from womenhas been scarce throughout this entire crisis; if not altogether absent.
Asian American Film: Minute Movies: First Love
European front and became the most decorated American military unit during and editedthe 1984 documentary short, EZ Rock Asian American Breakdancer, which
http://www.asianamericanfilm.com/minutemovies/feedback/firstlove.html

Extractions: However, there is a little twist to the scenario: They're both Americans of Japanese descent, and this love scene is taking place behind barbed wire. Two years earlier, over 120,000 American citizens of Japanese ancestry were uprooted from their homes and incarcerated in 10 concentration camps spread out in the most desolate parts of the United States. All because of "looking like the enemy." To further prove their loyalty, many Japanese-American men ("Nisei," or second-generation, as they were called) volunteered to join the Army in what became the 100th/442 Regimental Combat Team. Though they helped win the war on the European front and became the most decorated American military unit during World War II, they were also the most decimated, losing more than two-thirds of their regiment.
Asian American Film Message Boards - "5/1/02 - "Green Dragon" Theatrical Release
Come and support this Asian American filmmaker's project this week. Over 134,000refugees arrived in 1975, and lived in American military bases before being
http://www.asianamericanfilm.com/boards/dcforum/DCForumID3/156.html

Extractions: Come on out this week starting tomorrow and see this great new film that has been wowing Film Festival audiences from Sundance to VC to SF to Chicago and then some! Come and support this Asian American filmmaker's project this week. See below for more info. TIMOTHY LINH BUI'S MOVING "GREEN DRAGON" OPENS NEXT WEDNESDAY IN LA - COME OUT AND SUPPORT THIS EXCELLENT FILM BEGINNING MAY 1 AT THE MUSIC HALL AND AT THE EDWARDS SOUTH COAST PLAZA IN ORANGE COUNTY
Asian-Nation : The Landscape Of Asian America :: The American / Viet Nam War
and cultural issues that make up today's diverse Asian American community. that thisscenario would seriously threaten their political, military, and economic
http://www.asian-nation.org/vietnam3.html

Extractions: var site="s12asiannation" ;var g_frames=true; When Viet Nam was divided in half in 1954, the people of Viet Nam were given one year to move to the other half of the country, if they so chose. As a result, about one million Vietnamese who had previously lived in the northern half of Viet Nam chose to abandon almost everything they and dozens of generations before them had owned and built, in order to move to the south and live in a democratic society, without communist control. Among those were both sides of my family, about which you'll learn more later. Conversely, only about 10,000 southerners moved the other way into the north of Viet Nam. Unfortunately, life was rather chaotic for them wherever they lived. The repressive policies of South Vietnamese president
Asian-Nation : The Landscape Of Asian America :: Viet Nam -- A Modern Day Exodus
and resettlement of those children fathered by American military personnel and Thesedays, similar to other Asian American enclaves, these Vietnamese American
http://www.asian-nation.org/vietnam4.html

Extractions: var site="s12asiannation" ;var g_frames=true; The departure, evacuation, or escape (whatever you want to call it) of approximately 125,000 citizens from Viet Nam in the months after April 1975 was just the first of several waves of Vietnamese refugees who would eventually settle in the U.S. There were also significant waves of refugees in 1978, 1982, and 1992. Each of these waves were also slightly different in terms of exactly why they left, the personal characteristics of the refugees, and the reception they encountered in the U.S. from Vietnamese already here and from non-Vietnamese as well. As the fall of Saigon was approaching in the spring of 1975, at first U.S. authorities only planned to evacuate 3,839 American citizens and their dependents and some 17,600 Vietnamese citizens and their families who worked directly for the U.S. government. Nonetheless, the volatile and rapidly deteriorating political situation in Viet Nam and increasing pressures from sympathetic media portrayals and within the administration that the U.S. had a humanitarian obligation to "rescue" its former allies eventually led President Ford to make preparations for the evacuation and resettlement of approximately 200,000 Vietnamese citizens whose lives would be at risk following the imminent communist takeover.
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ASIAN AMERICAN'S WITNESS AIR RAID ON DEC 7TH, 1941. then director of the FBI J. EdgarHoover, JA's were loyal to the United States and not a military threat or
http://www.asianesque.com/alterasian/culturepearlharbor2.html

Extractions: About 85% of the total (48 reported dead) civilian fatalities were Asian Pacific Islanders. The largest majority were Japanese Americans at 58%. One Japanese American soldier Taro Migita, age 26, was killed near the Schofield Army Barracks. Toshio Tokusaki, age 5, lost both his legs by amputation then died shortly after. One fatality was an 8 year old Japanese American girl who was initially identified by her tiny fur collared coat. Among the civilian fatalities were two infant girls. (see casualties below) Many more were wounded. The accusations that Japanese Americans assisted the Japanese Imperial Navy's attack on Pearl Harbor are supported with flimsy evidence, war propaganda, and paranoia. According to then director of the FBI J. Edgar Hoover, JA's were loyal to the United States and not a military threat or potential fifth columnists. Hoover was against the internment of Japanese American's on the mainland. On Feb. 19th, 1942, FDR signed Executive Order 9006 that sent over 110,000 Japanese Americans living along the West Coast of the mainland US into concentration camps. US military casualties would have been considerably less if the US government had advised the military (USN and US Army) to focus on dispersing the aircraft and ships stationed at Pearl Harbor. Instead they were tightly lined up row by row making them easier to guard against "possible" Japanese saboteurs. As a result, the US forces at Pearl Harbor were more vulnerable to air attack and suffered tremendous casualties.
Some Noteworthy Americans Of Asian Or Pacific Island Heritage
442nd Regimental Combat Team Most decorated military unit in US history. escort Naifehnamed in his honor Colonel Young Oak Kim First Asian American to command
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/asiabio.htm

Extractions: The following list was researched on the Internet. The individuals listed are just a tiny sample of noteworthy Americans. If you find any errors, I would appreciate your sending me corrections. Links are to biographical information where possible. In some cases biographical information was not available. In such cases, a link is made to some resource on the Internet in which the individual is identified.

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