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Ric

Posted 2017-05-24 7:20 PM (#84084)

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Subject: U.S. Navy Attracts Japanese Americans

http://javadc.org/news/press-release/us-navy-career-attracts-japanese-americans/

Washington, DC. The Armed Forces offers many dynamic leadership opportunities for those who want to make a positive impact in our country and abroad. The backgrounds, career paths, and individual motivations of William Koyama, Dora Umeyo Lockwood, Cynthia Izuno Macri, Ann Minami, and Edward Takesuye, all captains in the U.S. Navy, showcase the great variety of naval service. Their successes also demonstrate just how far the Japanese American community has come since World War II, when Japanese Americans were forbidden from serving in the Navy.

Read full story at link above.
Good read.

JrKrup, Skimmer

Posted 2017-05-25 1:33 PM (#84085 - in reply to #84084)

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Subject: RE: U.S. Navy Attracts Japanese Americans

CAPT Gordon Nakagawa was CO Naval Air Station Point Mugu when I met him. He retired, moved to, and got a job as Chair of Tactics, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. He flew sorties off a carrier over Hanoi, was shot down and was a POW in N. Vietnam for a few years.

We still exchange Christmas cards.

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