04.28.08
Posted in History at 1:09 pm by william_lee_intern
Inadequacy of representation for Asian Pacific Americans in US international affair was a force that moves the Institute for International Public Policy (IIPP), a prestigious fellowship of the UNCF Special Programs Corporation (UNCFSP). The organization helps Asian Pacific Americans and other college students of color to be prepared in the international arena.
“Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is an opportunity to honor the global contributions of some Asian Pacific Americans and to highlight how that legacy continues in the U.S. international arena with younger generations who are IIPP fellows.”
- As quoted from U.S. ASIAN WIRE.
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04.09.08
Posted in Education, History at 9:39 am by william_lee_intern
On Sunday, Yasui, 84, and three other former students were back on the Eugene campus. The university awarded honorary degrees to all 20 of the expelled students on what President Dave Frohnmayer called “a day of many emotions, of joy and regret.”
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Posted in History at 8:57 am by william_lee_intern
The Fall of Bataan is on April 9, 1942. The Battle of Bataan between the Japanese Empire and the United States—and the Commonwealth of the Philippines—was a defining event. Japan had to capture the Philippines to control the Southwest Pacific, put Indonesia (then called the Dutch East Indies) under its control and become supreme throughout Southeast Asia flank.
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03.31.08
Posted in History at 9:56 am by william_lee_intern
More than 100 veterans, students and others remembered the veterans of the Korean conflict Sunday during the Korean War Veterans Memorial Dedication at Four Mile Cove Ecological Preserve in Cape Coral. The group dedicated the memorial. The ceremony included speeches from Cape Coral Mayor Eric Feichthaler, Brig. Gen. Yonghyun Jeong of the Korean Delegation of MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, and local retired educator Talsop Lee.
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Posted in History at 8:59 am by william_lee_intern
A little more than 65 years ago, 2,600 young Japanese-American soldiers, who had all volunteered to join the Army’s segregated unit, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team , stood in formation in new khakis bedecked with orange leis and gas masks hanging from their shoulders in front of Iolani Palace just before they left for the battlefields of Europe. Today, when Lt. Col. Michael Peeters, who commands the Army Reserve unit that took the 442nd’s battle flag into Iraq three years ago, calls the roll, nearly 300 of the same soldiers will march into a Waikiki banquet hall.
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03.11.08
Posted in History at 2:18 pm by william_lee
Col. Carl F. Bernard’s military assignments took him to China, Korea, Laos, Germany and Kansas. One sensitive assignment: reviving ROTC at the University of California at Berkeley
Carl F. Bernard, 81, a retired Army colonel and decorated combat veteran who died of a stroke March 4 at his Fort Belvoir home, found himself on more than one occasion in a sticky situation that tested his bravery and ingenuity.
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Posted in History at 1:57 pm by william_lee
Today’s Highlight in History:
On March 11, 1942, as Japanese forces continued to advance in the Pacific during World War II, Gen. Douglas MacArthur left the Philippines for Australia. (MacArthur, who subsequently vowed, “I shall return,” kept that promise more than 2 1/2 years later.)
On this date:
In 1810, Emperor Napoleon I of France was married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria.
In 1861, the Confederate convention in Montgomery, Ala., adopted a constitution.
In 1888, the famous “Blizzard of ‘88″ began its sweep through the northeastern United States, resulting in some 400 deaths.
In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the Lend-Lease Bill, providing war supplies to countries fighting the Axis.
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03.10.08
Posted in History at 1:34 pm by william_lee
Vietnamese Trung Trac and sister Trung Nhi lead an uprising against northern Han domination, claiming independence for Viet Nam with Trung Trac as empress. One year later, the Han sent a 200,000-strong army to Vietnam and reoccupied the country. The Trung sisters drowned themselves to preserve their honour.
Birth of Ly Cong Uan (died 1028) later became King Ly Thai To, founder of the Vietnamese Ly Dynasty (1009-1226). It was Ly Thai To who moved the nation’s capital from Hoa Lu in present Ninh Binh Province to Thang Long (now Ha Noi) in 1010.
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Posted in History at 1:25 pm by william_lee
Iraqi citizens kill American soldiers weekly. GIs kill Iraqi citizens daily. Experts say a million Iraqi men, women and children suffered death at the hands of Americans and Islamic fighters. Two million Iraqi refugees languish in Turkey, Iran and Syria. Death, disease and misery haunt Iraq 24/7. As the Iraq War continues, death reaps its grim numbers on both sides. An entire civilization staggers under America’s war machine.
It’s ironic that the architects of the Iraq War, Dick Cheney and George Bush, hid out during the Vietnam War. Cheney enjoyed five student deferments while his buddy Bush got drunk on weekends at the National Guard Armory in Texas.
Later, Robert McNamara admitted that Vietnam, “…was a mistake.” No kidding Bob! Fifty-eight thousand dead and 350,000 horrifically disfigured! Another 2.0 million Vietnamese died while Vietnam suffered desecration via bombs and Agent Orange. Not a small mistake!
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Posted in History at 10:29 am by william_lee
The first Asian-American national Girl Scout president, Connie Matsui, was elected.
- Nearly 4 million Girl Scouts and leaders tackled illiteracy with first lady Barbara Bush in the Right to Read service project
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