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Japanese-American veterans to receive Congressional Gold Medal

It's a defining week in the existence of Torrance-based nonprofit Go For Broke, dedicated to telling the story of segregated Japanese-American military units that fought in World War II.

On Wednesday, the three units will collectively receive the Congressional Gold Medal in Washington.

They were among the most highly decorated and sustained some of the heaviest losses of any in the American military during the war. And they did so while friends and relatives were sent off to internment camps, regarded as potential national security threats even though many were American citizens.

The medal is the nation's highest civilian honor; it has been awarded only 142 times since it was initiated in 1776.

"It's an ending and it is a validation," said longtime volunteer Robi Shibao-Martin, who grew up in Gardena and who had two uncles who fought with the segregated units in Europe. "This is like the final chapter for these Japanese-Americans.

Source: Daily Breeze

European Civil Military Clothing Fashion News

Military supplier Massif prepares a line for civilians

Vancouver Sun - Dec 31, 1969

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Greek referendum: this could get messy

The Guardian (blog) - Dec 31, 1969

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Japanese-American veterans to receive Congressional Gold Medal

Daily Breeze - Dec 31, 1969

The civil rights issues that the Tuskegee Airmen and Japanese-American military units faced are still with America today, Nose noted. Muslim groups, for instance, faced controversy and bigotry when they tried to establish a mosque near ground zero in

Welcoming Palestine to UNESCO

Aljazeera.com - Dec 31, 1969

Actually this withholding of funds is an American policy embedded in legislation that derives from the early 1990s, and cannot be attributed to the ridiculously pro-Israeli present Congress that would have acted in a similar fashion, and probably feels