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he rode in the 82nd Nisei Week Japanese Festival Parade as one of the surviving Japanese American Korean War veterans.Army Military Intelligence Service as an interrogator of prisoners of war.

In being the only Japanese American Korean War veteran attending the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance unveiling in Washington.president of the Association of the Republic of Korea Army-Los Angeles; and Lt.This was an honor for him since he last rode in the Nisei Week Parade in 2013 as a Nisei Week Pioneer from Orange County.

The event paid tribute to Korean War veterans and the long-lasting partnership between the Division and Korea for more than 70 years.Uyematsu has found a new sense of purpose to highlight this time in history.

Uyematsu has been active this year to preserve the Japanese American Korean War veteran’s legacy by donating his Japanese American Korean War Veterans (JAKWV) Royal Blue Jacket.

‘To Forget Would Be a DishonorMembers of the public raise their uchiwa fans and join in the dancing on First Street in Little Tokyo.

Japanese American National Museum.Thousands filled First Street as the historic Downtown neighborhood celebrated its 140th anniversary steps from where Hamanosuke Sugita opened the first Japanese-owned business.

First Princess Brianne Mari Yasukochi and Princesses Michelle Toshiko Murakami.I passed the Ellison Onizuka Memorial.