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WWII Japanese-American Soldiers Honored For Their Service

Congressional leaders will award the Congressional Gold Medal (CGM) to the U.S. Army’s 100th Infantry Battalion, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT) and the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) for their extraordinary accomplishments in World War II. The National Veterans Network has been designated as the entity that will plan and execute the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony and associated events on November 2, 2011 in Washington, D.C.

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Additionally, the Japanese American Museum of San Jose (JAMsj), in conjunction with Congressional Representatives Zoe Lofgren, Mike Honda and Anna Eshoo, the San Jose Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), the Friends and Families of Nisei Veterans (FFNV), and local VFW Post 9970 are planning a local ceremony in San Jose, CA. This event will be for veterans and their families, as well as widows or families of veterans, who are unable to attend the ceremony in Washington, D.C.

The San Jose event is being planned to take place in February 2012. Please check the JAMsj.org website periodically for the date, time and location of the San Jose ceremony (please note that the date mentioned above in the banner heading is not the date of the ceremony, as it could be held any time during early 2012—probably February, but possibly as soon as January or as late as March).

http://www.jamsj.org