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Japanese-American WWII war hero Ben Kuroki dies

September 10, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — Ben Kuroki, who overcame the American military’s discriminatory policies to become the only Japanese American to fly over Japan during World War II, has died. He was 98. Kuroki died Tuesday at his Camarillo, California, home, where he was under hospice care, his daughter Julie Kuroki told the Los Angeles Times […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: Army Air Forces, Army Distinguished Service Medal, Ben Kuroki, CAMARILLO, Distinguished Flying Cross, England, Europe, Japanese Americans, Julie Kuroki, Los Angeles Times, Morocco, North Africa, Pearl Harbor, Vol 34 No 38| September 12 - September 18, War Department, West Coast

Decades later, Flying Tigers receive a hero’s welcome at home in Seattle

September 22, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

At their 24th formal reunion, Wayne Wong and his friends recollected serving as Flying Tigers. They belonged to the 14th Air Force and the 987th Signal Company

Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: 2010, Albert Chinn, Army Air Forces, Burma Road, Chiang Kai-shek, China, Chinese Americans, Christina Lim, Flying Tigers, Harry Lim, India, Mack Pong, San Francisco, Seattle, Tom Lew, United States Army, Vol 29 No 39 | September 25 - October 1, Wayne Wong, reunion

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