JAVA Advocate – Fall 2013
Read the JAVA Advocate, Fall 2013 edition.
Inside this issue:
- Admiral Harris Assumes Pacific Fleet Command
- Spirit of ’45 Day Honors WW II Service Senators
- President’s Message
- Welcome New Members!
- Free Lifetime Memberships to Veterans
- Congressional Gold Medal Displayed in Portland
- JAVA Members Participate in VJ Day Program
- JSDF and 7th Division visit NVC
- VA Transforming Paper Claims Process to Digital Environment
- Only Two Nisei Surrendered to the Japanese Army, Became POWs
- 1945 Editorial on the 442nd Won Pulitzer
- Letter “From Somewhere in Burma” Confirmed Nisei Contribution
- Japanese American History in Texas Education
- Saul Conveys Keen Insights On Persons Of Japanese Ancestry in Honolulu Speech
- A Profile: Admiral Harry B. Harris, Jr., Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet
- Meet the Generals & Admirals
- Brigadier General (Dr.) John M. Cho, USA
- Rear Admiral Joseph M. Vojvodich, USCG
- President Obama Names New Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs
- Mizufuka and Other WW II Veterans Honored with Legion of Honor Medal
- President of New Komeito Party Visits the Nation’s Capital
- General Choi Visits Charlotte Hall Veterans Home
- Koshio Keynotes Lakewood Heritage Luncheon
- Citizens Patriot Award Presented to 442nd Infantry
- Seattle NVC Dedicates Flagpole and Plaque to Honor Senator Inouye
- Son of JAVA Member Obtaining Degree from Waseda University
- Tabata Retires from the Special Warfare Center
- Merrill’s Marauders Proud Descendants Reunion Held in Bloomington, MN
- “Honorable Journey” featured on Voice of America
- FFNV Completes 70th Anniversary Tour of Italy
- News from Veterans Organizations and Friends
- News and Views from Army’s Topside…
- France Battlefield tour is being planned for July 2014
- Obituary
- Thank you Donors!
- Upcoming Events
- Correspondence