survivor of the WWII prison camps and author of The Poet and The Silk Girl: A Memoir of Love.

Attendees posted miniature flags onto a display in memory of friends and family members.which also has monuments to those lost in World War II.

with four receiving the Medal of Honor … I would like to honor those Sanseis that made the ultimate sacrifice to a country that so ill-treated their Nisei and Issei families during World War II.Other attendees posted flags in memory of friends and family members.senior pastor at Gardena Valley Baptist Church.

After showing a video about Sansei servicemen in Vietnam.Air Medal and National Defense Service Medal.

The program ended with a 21-rifle salute and the playing of Taps by the Redondo Union High School MCJROTC Honor Guard.

and a few members of Post 1961.All donations to support the construction of the memorial are tax-deductible and can be made to Tulare County Fair Heritage Foundation Inc

will lead a performance of the play Question 27.dedicated to preserving the ideals of Secretary Norman Mineta and Sen.

chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities; Anthea Hartig.Heart Mountain Wyoming FoundationShirley Ann Higuchi.