Remembering our soldiers
anonymous-114 05/27 6501
Dear Fellow Americans,
For more than 12 years, nearly 2,200 American patriots made their ultimate sacrifice in Afghanistan. The war is finally coming to end by the end of this year. Our troops will come home.
We also like to take the opportunities to share with you stories of some Asian American heroes in this Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
On January 18, 1945 Pfc. Lew Y. June died in Schirrhoffen, France when he threw himself onto a grenade to protect his fellow members of squad. They were up against one of the best German units on the Western Front, the 6thSS Mountain Division. His body was eventually recovered after the war and reburied in Rock Island National Cemetery. Members of the 103rd Infantry Division World War II Association wrote down his story in “Overlooked Valor” and they are still looking for his families’ information.
With their families still in internment camp, some Japanese Americans also joined a 3,000-man volunteer unit under Brig. Gen. Frank D. Merrill in Burma. Only 200 of the original member of the unit survived the five-moth mission.
Asian Americans served the US Armed Force back to the War of 1812 at least when Filipinos fought under General Andrew Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans in 1815 against British invaders. There are more than 60,000 Asian-American Pacific Islanders serving in the US Armed Forces nowadays.
Please support our troops in fighting for the freedom and prosperity of all Americans.
Sincerely,
Barry Chang, candidate for State Assembly 28th District
