and the first Asian American woman appointed to a presidents Cabinet.

on July 19 at Torrance Airports Zamperini Field.YAMAMOTO/Rafu ShimpoFrom left: Matthew Clingerman (scholarship chair).

Ruby Shimamoto is a recent graduate from South Pasadena High School.This years scholarship recipients:Hina Usuda is a recent graduate of South High School in Torrance.Kelly Jernigan attended and graduated from Foothill High School of Santa Ana.

The Greater Los Angeles JACL held All That Jazz.She is going to CSU Long Beach as a pre-business marketing major.

She will be attending Claremont McKenna College this fall.

Mitchell Matsumura (GLA JACL president).but he saw them die whether they received water or not.

each much more powerful than the ones that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.B-29 bomber overhead and went outside to look while their grandmother was washing dishes in the kitchen.

though by that time the siblings were used to living in Japan and no longer spoke English.Eventually the three found a functioning train station and were able to leave the city and stay with relatives.