May 7, 2008
Written by C.N.
More Links for APA Heritage Month
Following up on my earlier post on celebrating APA Heritage Month by describing some demographic and socioeconomic facts about the Asian American community, I pass along a couple of other links that others have sent to me in recognition of APA Heritage Month.
First, the Asia Society recently produced the following YouTube video that illustrates the different ways that various notable Asian Americans around the country identify as Asian American and what it means to them to claim that identity (they also have extended clips at their YouTube channel).
Second, a reader sent to me the following message about a Vietnamese American officer who served in Iraq:
To highlight the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month of May, I have just completed an article about Vietnamese-American James Van Thach. He volunteered to serve in Baghdad, Iraq since April 2006 as a Military Advisor.
He has finally after 2 years reached back to the United States on April 9, 2008. On April 1, 2008, the Republic of Iraq bestowed him the Honorary rank of Staff Brigadier General in the Iraqi Army.
I just completed a follow-up interview with him on April 15, 2008 and would like to release this article to your news agency so that you may share it with your readers.
Thank you very much for your time.
Respectfully,
Tommy Nero Sullivan
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Ventures International Promotions
VIP Promotions/NYC
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Suggested reference: Le, C.N. . "More Links for APA Heritage Month" Asian-Nation: The Landscape of Asian America. <https://www.asian-nation.org/headlines/2008/05/more-links-for-apa-heritage-month/> ().
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