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Events
Army vet becomes first double above-knee amputee to conquer Mount Everest
A British army veteran who lost both his legs while serving in Afghanistan has become the first double above-knee amputee to conquer Mount E...
Ryan General
Crime
California man who set boba customers on fire gets no jailtime
A California man convicted of setting customers ablaze at a local boba shop nearly three years ago has reportedly been released from custody...
Carl Samson
Government
Hawaii unveils monument honoring Filipino WWII veterans
A memorial honoring Filipino and Filipino American veterans of World War II was unveiled in Hawaii during a ceremony on Friday. The monumen...
Ines Shin
Homeless veteran charged with hate crime for New Year’s Eve anti-Asian attack in NYC
Before you read: Man wanted for shoving Asian woman in unprovoked attack near NYC’s Herald Square ...
Bryan Ke
News
American volunteer soldier Paul Lee Kim dies in Ukraine
Cpt. Paul Kim, an American military volunteer in Ukraine, died while liberating Mykolaiv from the Russian invasion. Born in Houston, Kim w...
Iris Jung
Military
‘We prayed for death’: 2 American veterans freed from Russian captivity in Ukraine describe torture
American soldiers Andy Huynh, 27, and Alexander Drueke, 39, who were captured by Russian-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine have d...
Michelle De Pacina
NYPD cop of 18 years charged with hate crime over anti-Muslim attack
The New York Police Department fired Riggs Kwong, an 18-year veteran, on Sept. 6 for his alleged involvement in an anti-Muslim attack earli...
Filipino veteran, 60, dies after being assaulted, robbed while bringing in groceries to his Baltimore home
Victor Malabayabas, a 60-year-old Filipino veteran, died from his injuries following an unarmed robbery in Baltimore, Maryland, on Aug. 20....
Nevada man arrested for 1982 cold case murder of 5-year-old Anne Pham in California
Robert John Lanoue, a 70-year-old resident of Reno, Nevada, was named as the suspect behind the cold case kidnapping, sexual assault and mu...
Viral
Korean war veteran reunites with long-lost love 70 years after meeting in Japan
Duane Mann, 91, a Korean War veteran who spent 70 years searching for his lost Japanese love, Peggy Yamaguchi, finally reunited with her th...
Rebecca Moon
History
Lone Chinese American Ranger who stormed Omaha on D-Day to receive second Congressional Gold Medal
Former Private 1st Class Randall Ching, who was part of the famed 5th Ranger Infantry Battalion that stormed the Omaha Beach during the Bat...
‘I get to be a big brother’: Veteran, 70, adopted as a child from Japan discovers his 7 siblings in Ohio
Seventy-year-old Michael Bennett, who was adopted as a child, met seven of his siblings for the first time after undergoing a DNA test in 2...
Culture
Korean War vet, 91, has been on a 70-year search for Japanese woman he says was his first love
Korean War Navy veteran Duane Mann, 91, is hoping to find his long-lost love who he left in Japan in 1954. Mann first met Peggy Yamaguchi ...
U.S. Navy commissions $1.5 billion missile destroyer named after Hawaii senator, WWII veteran Daniel Inouye
The U.S. Navy has commissioned an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer named after U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, a long-serving senator of Hawaii and a ...
Chinese American congressional gold medal awardee Fred Cheong Lee dies at 96
A Chinese American WWII army veteran, who received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2019, recently passed away after succumbing to prostate c...
Asian American Army Veteran Beaten in Clear Hate Crime in SF
An Asian American Army veteran experienced verbal and physical abuse while at a bus stop in San Francisco. Ron Tuason, 56, claims he was ass...
98-Year-Old Asian American WWII Veteran Awarded the Congressional Gold Medal
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to report that the Congressional Gold Medal has yet to be given to Joe Chew at an officia...
California Celebrated Its First Chinese American Day in Sacramento
California just celebrated its first Chinese American Day, marking the first official recognition of Chinese Americans by any state legislat...
Vietnam War Veteran Fights Off Armed Gunmen Trying to Take His Car on Memorial Day
Vietnam War veteran Saylee Vang was approached by an armed gunman Monday morning in Milwaukee attempting to take his car. The 66-year-old ve...
Kimberly Nguyen
San Antonio Spurs Pay Tribute to 103-Years-Old Filipino-American WWII Veteran
National Basketball Association (NBA) team San Antonio Spurs just honored a Filipino-American soldier who served under the United States dur...
Korean American Veteran Trapped in Korea For Not Doing Mandatory Military Service 20 Years Ago
A former restaurant manager who had just purchased his own diner in Perrysburg, Ohio is now trapped in South Korea after he was prevented fr...
Vietnamese Navy Veteran Offers to Help Neighbor With Yard Work, Gets Told ‘Get Out of My Country’
A Vietnamese refugee who served in the Navy as an electronics technicians chief for 24 years was told to “get out of my country”...
Leanna Chan
Navy Veteran Suffers Multiple Organ Failures After Military Facility’s Alleged Neglect
A female Navy veteran suffered multiple organ failures after Tripler Army Medical Center allegedly failed to assist her in time. Charissa Ca...
Politics
7 Reasons Why Asian American Senator Tammy Duckworth is a Total Badass
Tammy Duckworth is the epitome of a badass. There is just so much to love about this Asian-American Purple Heart veteran who now serves as t...