JAVA Advocate – Summer 2014

Read the JAVA Advocate, Summer 2014 edition.

Inside this issue:

  • Nisei Veterans Meet with President Barack Obama
  • President’s Message
  • JAVA President’s Statement Concerning Secretary Shinseki’s Resignation
  • JAVA Celebrated Memorial Day 2014 with Events at Arlington Cemetery and a March on Constitution Avenue
  • The Story of the Golden Cranes of the Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism
  • President Truman Salutes the 442nd Regimental Combat Team – The Symbolic Meaning of the President’s Salute.
  • ‘Why invite a guest speaker?’
  • JAVA Seeking Donations of Artifacts to the National Museum of the United States Army
  • Welcome New Members!
  • JAVA Vice President Wade Ishimoto Inducted as Distinguished Member of the Special Forces Regiment
  • JAVA Bids Farewell to COL Yoshihiro Iseri
  • Promotion Ceremony for LCDR Janelle Kuroda
  • JAVA Members Participate in Asian Pacific Heritage Month Activities
  • DJ Satoda, 2013 Masaoka Scholarship Grantee, Discusses his First Year at Berkeley
  • National History Day Contest Featured Support of two JAVA Members
    • New Jersey Middle School Student is Finalist in National History Contest
    • Two Singapore American School students win second Prize in National History Day Competition. JAVA member assisted.
  • Major Mitsuyoshi Fukuda’s Significant Contribution to Nisei Legacy
  • West Point Cadets Learn of Japanese American Experience During WWII
  • Meet the Generals & Admirals
    • General Frederick G. Wong, USA (Ret.)
    • Major General Kelly McKeague, USAF
  • News from Army’s Topside…
  • Change of Command at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait
  • 2014 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award in History Recognizes “Twice Heroes”
  • Novel, Coral Hare: Atomic Agent, with a Japanese American in Lead Role, Has Great Reviews
  • News from Veterans Organizations & Friends
  • Setting the Record Straight: The Play “No-No Boy”
  • Bob Nakamoto, former JAVA President, Passes
  • 442nd Combat Medic Kelly Kuwayama Passes. Saved Senator Inouye’s Life in Po Valley
  • CIA forerunner picked 442nd Member for Service. Dick Hamada, JAVA Member, Passes
  • Special Forces Hero of Battle of Nphum Ga Burma, Dies days from 101th Birthday
  • Creation of JAVA Honor Roll Approved
  • Thank you, Donors!
  • Japanese American Veterans Association Membership Application
  • Upcoming Events
  • Correspondence

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