JAVA Advocate – Fall 2015
Read the JAVA Advocate, Fall 2015 edition.
Inside this issue:
- Jewish Holocaust Survivor’s Tribute to Nisei Liberators
- Nisei Week of Los Angeles Celebrates 75 Years
- History of Japanese American Veterans Association
- Welcome New Members!
- Dick S. Hamada Inducted into the US Army Military Intelligence Hall of Fame
- JACL & JAVA Members Speak at US-Japan Research Institute
- JAVA Honorary Chair Participates in Memorial Day Program
- Over 800 Immigrant Japanese and Nisei Served in US Army during World War I. Road to Gain Citizenship was Long and Arduous.
- First Nisei Casualties of WW II Occurred in Hawaii. Army Vessel Torpedoed by Japanese Submarine
- JAVA Member Shares Nisei History with Students
- JAVA Speakers Invited to US Think Tank to Discuss Nisei WW II Experience
- Japanese American National War Memorial Court
- RDML Brian Losey & Wade Ishimoto Address a Leading Petty Officer Class
- What Americanism Means to an American of Vietnamese Ancestry
- Charlotte Hall Veterans Home Meeting
- Retired Asian American Official Discusses How to Succeed in the Public Service
- Innovative Court Programs Land Solano County Judge 2015 Aranda Award
- JAVA Member Receives High Maryland Governor’s Recognition
- Earl Finch Served Southern Warmth to AJAs, Then Tried Isle Aloha
- Dr. Ito Speaks About WW II at Reception
- 442nd Veteran Visits WW II Memorial With Honor Flight
- 522nd Veteran Invited to Moscow for 70th Anniversary of End of WW II Festivities
- Scholar on Japanese American History Spends Two Weeks at Tokyo’s Waseda University
- Meet the Generals and Admirals
- MG Edward M. Reeder, USA
- Vice Admiral Scott R. Van Buskirk, USN (Retired)
- News from UN’s Top Commander in Afghanistan
- Ben Kuroki, Legendary Aerial Gunner, Passes
- Farewell to Sergeant Major Ernest K. Tabata
- Jun Shiosaki, 442nd Veteran and JAVA Member, Passes
- “Tommie” Okabayashi, 442nd Veteran, Passes
- JAVA Executive Director Selected to Attend White House Executive Leadership Program
- Don Nose, Head of GFBNEC, to Step Down
- News from Veterans Organizations & Friends
- Thank you, Donors!
- JAVA Honor Roll
- Japanese American Veterans Association Membership Application
- Upcoming Events
- Thank You & Farewell From Advocate Editors
- Correspondence