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THURSDAY, MAY 13, 2010
Let’s honor, celebrate and remember Americans — not foreigners!
By Dr. Andrew Kim
Acting Director, Plans, Analysis and Integration Office
Every May, on Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine bases — both here
and overseas — I have seen banners, flyers, posters and articles publicizing
“Asian Pacific Heritage Month.” These observances and publicity are
essentially travelogues to China, Korea, Japan, Hawaii, the Philippines
and the South Pacific; and photos of Ichiro and Yao Ming.
While it’s interesting and important for us to expand our knowledge and
perspective about other nations and prominent people around the globe,
why are we observing an event about foreigners and foreign countries?
Don’t get me wrong, as a retired Army Foreign Area Officer and Army
Attaché, I fully support studying world history, geography and culture
— but, didn’t the U.S. Congress pass Joint Congressional Resolutions
in 1978, 1990 and 1992 for our nation to honor, celebrate and recognize
Americans of Asian and Pacific descent during the month of May?
Indeed, the intent of these resolutions were to set aside one month
a year for our nation to recognize, remember and learn about one of
America’s great minorities — fellow Americans who make-up the rich
fabric of our multi-cultural and dynamic society — a diversity that is
our nation’s strength.
May was selected because of two important anniversaries — the arrival
of the first Japanese immigrants in 1843 and the completion of the
Transcontinental Railroad in 1869 that was built largely on the backs of
Chinese laborers.
Today, Asian and Pacific Americans are our neighbors, our co-workers,
and our supervisors and employees; they are shopkeepers and corporate
executive officers, blue-and white-collar workers, military officers and
non-commissioned officers, and local science fair and Nobel Prize winners;
Scout on the street:
Compiled by Spc. Jeffrey Graves
What safety practice do you follow the most?
“The biggest thing is
never drinking and
driving at all. A lot of
people say don’t be
drunk and drive, but
not even one drink is
worth the risk.”
Capt. Lindsey Canet
304th MI Battalion
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“Safe sex every time,
because if you don’t,
you could get a girl
pregnant or catch
something you didn’t
really want.”
Pvt. Scott Bandwell
Company A, UASTB
Nicole Stocks
ISEC Contractor
“No talking on the cell
phone while driving.
No texting while driving
because you can’t
concentrate on the road
in front of you while on
a cell phone.”
they are police and emergency first responders, artists and musicians,
attorneys and judges, teachers and professors, doctors and nurses — they
serve in virtually every field of endeavor.
On military bases around the world, we should be honoring those who
serve and those who have served. We should especially remember those
who have paid the highest price for our freedom and liberties. We should
“never forget.”
Although Asian-Americans reportedly participated in the War of 1812,
the Civil War and World War I, their most notable military contributions
started from World War II: The 442nd Regimental Combat Team together
with the 100th Infantry Battalion — still, the highest decorated unit in the
history of the U.S. Army — gained fame by rescuing the “lost battalion”
(1st Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment) from Texas in the mountains
of France from certain annihilation by the Germans; U.S. Army “Yankee
Samurais” (including Merrill’s “Samurai” Marauders) risked being
shot at by both Japanese and U.S. troops; U.S. Army Korean-American
soldiers who were hurriedly pressed into combat and interpreter duties
(although many were not bi-lingual) at the onset of the Korean War; 31
Congressional Medal of Honor recipients from the Philippine-American
War (Private Jose Nisperos) to the Vietnam War (Sgt. 1st Class Rodney
Yano); Col. Young Oak Kim — during the Korean War the first-ever
minority officer to command an Army combat battalion in U.S. history;
Gen. Eric Shinseki — Army chief of staff and secretary of the Veterans
Administration; and the countless Asian American Soldiers and civilians
who were prominently involved with the eventual founding of the Defense
Language Institute and the modernization of the Army’s Military
Intelligence Corps.
Yes, our heritage, ancestry and roots are in Asia and the Pacific — but
See HONOR, Page 10A
Pvt. Terry Murray
Company A, UASTB
“I stay away from
alcohol because it’s
dangerous, and if you
stay away from it all
together, you have a
less chance of getting
in trouble.”
“Always [use] seat
belts. I have a baby
now, so I make sure
that we are always
buckled up.”
Capt. Venus Wright
304th MI Battalion
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