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Title

A different battle : stories of Asian Pacific American veterans / edited by Carina A. del Rosario ; with a historical essay by Ken Mochizuki and Carina A. del Rosario ; contemporary photographs by Dean Wong.

Publication

Seattle : Wing Luke Asian Museum : University of Washington Press, [1999], ©1999.

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Additional Authors

• Del Rosario, Carina A.
• Wing Luke Asian Museum (Seattle, Wash.)

Description

127 pages : illustrations; 22 x 26 cm

Summary

• "A Different Battle features over 50 stories from veterans of Asian and Pacific Islander descent living in Washington. Their stories reveal the unique struggles Asian Pacific American veterans faced because of racism.".
• "Their stories, however, also reflect experiences that are universal to all veterans: the lasting bonds created among fellow soldiers; the shock of entering combat for the first time; the sense of loss from seeing friends killed or wounded. The veterans have different opinions about the necessity of war, but they agree that war is not a glorious adventure. It's a hellhole.
• They hope that by giving readers a look at war through the eyes of those who experienced it, people would consider more thoughtfully war's impacts on individuals." "A Different Battle also includes "Proving Ground: The History of Asian Pacific Americans in the U.S. Armed Forces," by Ken Mochizuki and Carina A. del Rosario. "Proving Ground" offers important information about the little known contributions of thousands from the group."--BOOK JACKET.

Alternative Title

Stories of Asian Pacific American veterans

Subject

• World War, 1939-1945 > Veterans > United States > Personal narratives
• Korean War, 1950-1953 > Veterans > United States > Personal narratives
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Veterans > United States > Personal narratives
• Persian Gulf War, 1991 > Veterans > United States > Personal narratives
• Asian Americans
• Pacific Islander Americans
• United States > Veterans

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

• Proving Grand: The History of Asian Pacific Americans in the U.S. Armed Forces -- Oral Histories. Fred Abe, Vietnam War. Antonio Aguon, Vietnam War. Mariano Angeles, World War II. Warren Chan, World War II. Ark G. Chin, World War II. Henry Yuen Chin, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War. William Chin, World War II. Ron Chinn, Vietnam War. Teresita Iriarte Coalson, Vietnam War. Gene del Rosario, World War II. Eddic N. Detera, Vietnam War. Mike Higashi, Vietnam War. Paul Hosoda, Korean War. Joseph A. Kamikawa, Korean War. Jimmie Kanaya, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War. Shiro Kashino, World War II. Richard Lew Kay, Korean War. Howard Kim, Vietnam War. Spady Koyama, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War. Bert C. Letrondo, Sr., World War II. Raymond Lew, World War II. James Locke, World War II. Rosendo Luna, Sr., World War II. Douglas Luna, Vietnam War. Dan K. Mar, World War II. Frank Matsuda, World War II. Tatsuo N. Matsuda, Korean War. Kim Muromoto, World War II.
• Mike Muromoto, Vietnam War. Richard H. Naito, World War II. Bill Nishimura, World War II. Mack Nogaki, World War II. Katashi Oita, World War II. JoAnn L. Oligario, Vietnam War. Kaun Onodera, World War II. Victorino Ovena, Vietnam War. Lorenzo Pimentel, World War II. Hilarion Polintan, Persian Gulf War. Robert Satoshi Sato, World War II. Martin Sibonga, Vietnam War. Lorenzo Silvestre, Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War. Pete Sua, Vietnam War. Shokichi Tokita, Vietnam War. Jimmie Toy, World War II. Fe Trias, Persian Gulf. Stan Tsujikawa, Korean War. Jose Velasquez, Vietnam War. Milton Wan, Vietnam War. Harvey Watanabe, World War II. Lawrence Wong, Vietnam War. David Woo, World War II. Highlights from the History of Asian Pacific Americans in the U.S. Armed Forces.

ISBN

0295979194

LCCN

99065748

OCLC

• 45249154
• ocm45249154

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries