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On May 4, 2017, Senators Tammy Duckworth, Thad Cochran and Mazie Hirono introduced S.1050 Chinese-American World War II Veteran Congressional Gold Medal Act [30] and Representatives Ed Royce and Ted Lieu introduced a companion bill H.R.2358. [31] Efforts to pass the bill were led by the Chinese American WWII Veterans Recognition Project. [32]
In all approximately 142,000 Filipinos served during World War II. [12] [146] When recognized guerrillas are taken into account, [147] the number of Filipinos who served increases to over 250,000, [148] and possibly up to over 400,000. [149] This number though is smaller than that recognized for serving in World War II by the Philippines. [150]
Chinese American veterans who fought in World War II were honored in New Orleans with a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony. Chinese American WWII vets who served despite being denied U.S ...
Hazel Ying Lee (Chinese: 李月英; Jyutping: lei5 jyut6 jing1; pinyin: Lǐ Yuèyīng; August 24, 1912 – November 25, 1944) was an American pilot who flew for the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II.
Seventy-five years after World War II ended, Congress is honoring thousands of Chinese Americans who served the United States in the war, earning citations for heroism — including the Medal of ...
New York City’s Chinatown recognized and presented service medals to Chinese American World War II veterans for their service. Hundreds of people gathered in New York City’s Chinatown on ...
The first Asian-American Medal of Honor recipient was Charles J. Simons, who was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1896 for his actions in the Battle of the Crater in 1864 during the American Civil War. [3] In 1996, a study determined that Asian Pacific Americans were discriminated against in the awarding of medals during World War II; consequently ...
More than 75 years after his service in World War II, a 98-year-old Chinese-American veteran in Deerfield Beach received a Congressional Gold Medal to honor his service to the United States.