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Agent Orange catching up to Vietnam veterans decades later

March 5, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Don Wilkins Owensboro Messenger Inquirer OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) — Snow fell outside the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 696 as its members held their monthly meeting Feb. 9. Although attendance was down, most of those present were Vietnam veterans receiving some percentage of disability benefits from their exposure to Agent Orange — a herbicide […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2016, Agent Orange Act, Air Force, Army Huey, Beth Lamb, Billy Milan, Cedar Hills, DAV, Disabled American Veterans, Engineer Battalion, Infantry Divisions, John Yates, Larry Westerfield, Lou Drawdy, North Vietnamese Army, Operation Ranch Hand, Owensboro Messenger Inquirer, Ross Jewell, Sharon Westerfield, Special Forces, Terry Stinson, Third Marine Division, VA, Viet Cong, Vol 35 No 10 | March 5 - March 11

A-pop! Emma Stone, Asian?! — Victories at the Tony’s, ‘The Mindy Project’ cancelled, and more entertainment news

June 12, 2015 By Vivian Nguyen

By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly The sun may be out in Seattle, but it’s definitely not shining in all parts of Hollywood! Read on to find out the latest pop culture news and media happenings for Asians and Asian Americans in Hollywood—the good and the ugly. The whitest Asian character in Hollywood Another month, […]

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2015, Actress Emma Stone, Air Force, Asian Americans, Better Luck Tomorrow, Bradley Cooper, Director Cameron Crowe, Director Justin Lin, FOX, Hollywood Read, Huang Xiaoming, Ken Watanabe, Korean, Lady Thiang, Mainland China, Mindy Kaling, Popular Chinese, Ruthie Ann Mills, San Andreas, Seattle, Vivian Nguyen, Vol 34 No 25 | June 13 - June 19, WNPA2016

TV, Broadway’s Conrad Ricamora on a ‘life-changing’ moment

May 15, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mark Kennedy NEW YORK (AP)  — Conrad Ricamora’s acting career is on fire of late. He may want to thank his genes. He’s on ABC’s hot new drama “How To Get Away with Murder” and he’s also singing on Broadway in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s classic musical “The King and I.” Not bad for a […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2015, ABC, Air Force, Bartlett Sher, Conrad Ricamora, Filipino, Imelda Marcos, Judith Shakespeare, Lanford Wilson, Lemon Sky, Lun Tha, Ninoy Aquino, Pete Nowalk, Rodgers Hammerstein, Ruthie Ann Miles, TV, Vol 34 No 21 | May 16 - May 22, William Shakespeare, attention

LETTER: RE: ‘Delano Manongs’ elevates Filipino Americans as civil rights heroes

December 12, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

I was with a group of Filipino teenagers, who worked in a farm picking grapes in Delano in the summer of 1965.

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor Tagged With: 2014, Abraham Pagtama, Air Force, Filipino Americans, Filipino Community Center, Germany, Leoncio Agustin, Leopoldo Roy Barrit, Mariano Tolentino, Rene Soriano, Santa Monica City College, Tony Alagao, Vietnam, Vol 33 No 51 | December 13 - December 19

“Above the China Sea” explores Okinawa then and now

June 27, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Novelist and magazine writer Sarah Bird’s latest novel, “Above the East China Sea,” is a study of two young girls, separated by 60 years, in Okinawa Province of Japan. Bird will read and sign books on July 2 at Elliott Bay Books. She took some questions over e-mail.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2014, Air Force, Andrew Hamlin, Bird Far, East China Sea, Elliott Bay Books, Kadena Air Base, NWAW, Northwest Asian Weekly, Officers Club, Pacific Ocean, Planet Oki, Ryukyu Islands, Sarah Bird, Suicide Cliff, Vol 33 No 27 | June 28 - July 4, Yokota Air Base, culture, japan

New members appointed to VA advisory committee

February 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced the appointment of six new members to the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans on Jan. 31.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2013, Advisory Committee, Air Force, Army Celia Renteria Szelwach, Command Sgt, Fort Worth, Harold Hunt, Hawaii Thanh Dinh, Marine Corps Veteran, Santa Ana, Shelia Mitchell, Texas Raymond Jardine, United States, VA, Veterans Affairs, Vol 32 No 8 | February 16 - February 22

N. Korean rocket a suspected ruse for missile testing

April 14, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jean H. Lee The Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korean space officials said all assembly and preparations for this week’s planned satellite launch have been completed and denied it is a cover for a missile test.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, Air Force, Associated Press, Brian Weeden, Foster Klug, Korean People Army, North Korea, PYONGYANG, President Kim Il Sung, Ryu Kum Chol, Secure World Foundation, South Korea, Space Command, Vol 31 No 16 | April 14 - April 20, Workers Party, japan, technology

Noland Hoshino receives award from University of Phoenix

March 26, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On March 14, University of Phoenix Oregon Campus honored alumnus Noland Hoshino with an Alumni Community Service Award for his efforts to develop an innovative website and social media campaign for the Portland chapter of Heifer International, a global non-profit organization that works with communities to help end hunger and poverty. Hoshino, a 20-year veteran of […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Air Force, Business Administration, Heifer International, Noland Hoshino, Vol 31 No 13 | March 24 - March 30, poverty, social media

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

Former Miss America on the trip to Vietnam that changed her life

October 22, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Bryan Painter The Oklahoman   LAVERNE, Okla. (AP) — On a museum wall in the far northwestern Oklahoma community of Laverne is a framed thank-you.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, Air Force, Claude Roach, Engineer Battalion, Europe, Former Miss America, Jane Froman, Jane Jayroe, Joan Crawford, Laverne High School, Mike Smith, Miss Alabama, Miss Maine, Miss South Carolina, Miss Tennessee, Miss Wisconsin, Oklahoma City University, South Vietnam, Surry Singers, USO, United States, Vol 30 No 43 | October 22 - October 28

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