Korean War veteran Norio Uyematsu was the only Japanese American veteran in attendance.

I was more nervous before that.The closer said that he often felt nervous when he was in school and that making friends helped.

RAFU STAFF AND WIRE REPORTSGARDENA —?Los Angeles Dodgers pitchers Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Evan Phillips on Aug.Reads literacy program and was organized as part of the Dodgers Foundations community service activities.Unified School District school selected for Japanese immersion.

The 26-year-old right-hander has been sidelined since mid-June with a torn rotator cuff in his right shoulder and is aiming to return to big-league action by September.The children listened carefully and I found it an uplifting experience interacting with them.

Photos by TOMOKO NAGAI / Rafu ShimpoTeacher Shiori Duenas introduces Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Evan Phillips to the students.

but my teammates helped me a lot.They reached out to womens groups and churches throughout the U.

‘I wake up every day and give thanks I got up!Her survivors include daughters.which is designed to promote projects to benefit and advance the Japanese American community and strengthen ties between the community and UCLA.

The couple were married in 1944 among close friends in Minneapolis.The couple also endowed the George and Sakaye Aratani Community Advancement Research Endowment (or Aratani C.