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DESCRIPTION:The Alameda API Cultural Festival is an annual event that celebrates Asian 
 Pacific Islander Heritage Month.  It draws attention and increases 
 awareness of the numerous and diverse cultures that make up the Asian 
 Pacific Islander community by presenting a variety of on-stage 
 performances, activities, food and displays. \n\nIn conjunction with the 
 upcoming Memorial Day holiday, The Coca-Cola Company, Honorary Chairperson 
 Assemblymember Rob Bonta, D-Oakland, Comcast, Xfinity, Alameda Hospital, 
 Chinese American Heroes organization and BART, the Alameda Asian Pacific 
 Islander Cultural Festival will be honoring five API veterans who have 
 distinguished themselves through their exemplary military service for our 
 country.  It will be the first public event of its kind throughout the Bay 
 Area to recognize these veterans—all who have a connection to the Alameda 
 community. \nThis year’s Keynote speaker will be Justice Ming W. Chin, 
 currently an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court since his 
 appointment by Governor Pete Wilson in 1996 and a highly decorated Captain 
 in the United States Army. \nEmcee of the honors program will be Brigadier 
 General Garrett S. Yee, Deputy Commander for Mobilization Surface 
 Deployment and Distribution Command. \nThe five honorees are Captain Moon 
 Chin, whose heroic exploits as a WWII pilot included rescuing Lt. Colonel 
 Jimmy Doolittle in 1942 from China after Doolittle’s raid on Tokyo; Shiro 
 “Jug” Takeshita who served in the prestigious WWII 442nd Japanese 
 American Regiment and liberated a holocaust camp in Europe although his 
 family was still living in an internment camp stateside;  local Alamedan 
 Colonel  Richard F. Hum, who briefed President John F. Kennedy on the 
 Russian missile threat during the 1962 Cuban Missile crisis; US Army 1st 
 Sergeant Eustaquio "Oliver" Valerio, who led men of one of the first 
 Philippine Battalions while serving in the Pacific during WWII and Master 
 Chief Felix R. Marquez Jr., who served 30 years in the USN, twice stationed 
 at NAS-Alameda as an air traffic controller; and who later served as 
 Assistant Air Port Manager at the air station until 1995.  Personal 
 possessions and historical material will be on display with video of the 
 honorees courtesy of Chinese American Heroes with an autograph opportunity 
 with Captain Moon Chin following the honors presentation.\n\nAlameda Free 
 Library is also kicking off the Alameda veteran’s oral history project. 
 Alameda veterans with their families will be able to record a 30 minute 
 video telling their own story of their military service and the impact at 
 home then and now and has expanded its website to include an index for 
 anyone wishing to further research the subject of American veterans of 
 Asian and Pacific Islander descent: the impact of their military service 
 and of our communities. This index includes public and private collections 
 of literature, papers, documentary films, exhibits, oral histories, and 
 other resources gleaned from the files of various historical societies, 
 universities, museums, and other institutions from around the 
 country.\n\nThe Festival will feature Encinal High School’s Color Guard, 
 Lincoln Middle School’s Marching Band, remarks by key public officials 
 and recognition of the youngest API members of our community just entering 
 military service. \n\nCultural performances will demonstrate the diversity 
 that is representative of Alameda and will include Vietnamese lion dance, 
 Thai dance, Korean drumming, Indian music, Japanese folk dance, Polynesian 
 ukulele and Filipino martial arts. \n\nFor more information: 
 http://apifestival.weebly.com/index.html\n\n 
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SUMMARY:Alameda Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Festival
LOCATION:Alameda South Shore Center, Center Court
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/05/14/18736800.php
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