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Tweaking traditions — Americans abroad celebrate holidays

November 22, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Melissa Rayworth Associated Press In our global world, you can easily buy a Thanksgiving turkey for roasting in Dubai or Beijing or Tokyo. You also can shop for Christmas trees in Bangkok, where stores play Christmas carols throughout December, a constant reminder that Santa Claus can come to town even when you’re 8,000 miles […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, American Women, Antarctica, Asia, Club Med, Lauri Barrett, Malaysia, Marine Corps, Melindah Bush, National Geographic, New Hampshire, Pam Hurd, Santa Claus, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Thanksgiving, Theresa Starta, Vol 34 No 48 | November 21 - November 27, turkey

Seattle Nisei veterans honored on Memorial Day

June 4, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Nisei Veterans Committee and the Japanese American community will gather to honor fallen veterans at the 67th Annual NVC Memorial Day Program at Lake View Cemetery on Capitol Hill. Michael Reagan, a combat veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War, gave the keynote speech. Reagan is a portrait artist who has […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Afghanistan, Boy Scout Troop, Capitol Hill, Congressional Gold Medal, Consul General, Japanese Americans, Kiyokazu Ota, Lake View Cemetery, Marine Corps, Memorial Day, Michael Reagan, Military Intelligence Service, Regimental Combat Team, Seattle Nisei, Vietnam War, Vol 31 No 23 | June 2 - June 8

Vietnam vet shares his dark history, one peck at a time

December 3, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Donald Bradley The Kansas City Star KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — At the very worst of times, John W. Nash came clean. “If I tell you what I did over there, you won’t love me anymore,” he told his wife.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, Air Force, Bronze Star, Cass County, Da Nang, Germany, Jenny King, John Nash, Kansas City, Marine Corps, PTSD, San Diego, So John, Union Station, Viet Cong, Vietnamese, Vol 30 No 49 | December 3 - December 9

Tattooed APIs torn between culture and individuality

December 16, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

For Asian Americans, getting a tattoo has traditionally been considered taboo. In mainstream culture, tattoos often have negative connotations,

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features Tagged With: 2009, 2010, Audrey Kawasaki, BC, Chinese American Tim Bortvedt, Jesus Christ, Kathryna Ta Asan, Laos, Marine Corps, Michelle Yamzon, Sonh Phetsomphou, Taiwan, Though Phetsomphou, Unlike Bortvedt, Vol 29 No 51 | December 18 - December 24, culture, japan

Marines honor 88-year-old veteran, Bataan survivor

April 15, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The commandant of the Marine Corps is sending a special letter of appreciation to an 88-year-old South Carolinian who survived the Bataan death march.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, COLUMBIA, Filipino, Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Marine Corps, Vol 29 No 16 | April 17 - April 23, japan, letter

Commentary: I oppose Barack Obama

October 25, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

As an Asian American growing up in the 1960s in the middle of the white American West (Nevada), I was subjected to racial insults and the immediate threat of bodily harm. I was a scrawny 14-year-old picked on by brawnier upperclassmen or a gang of young white men.

Filed Under: Opinion, Commentaries Tagged With: 2008, Asian American, Bill Clinton, Charlton Heston, Frederick Su, Illinois State Rifle Association, Jeff Cooper, Ku Klux Klan, Los Angeles, Marine Corps, NRA, Northwest Asian Weekly, Richard Pearson, Second Amendment, Though Barack Obama, Vietnam, vol 27 no 44 | October 25 - October 31

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