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<a href="mailto:candiceb@awcnet.org">Candice Bock</a> | Aug 24, 2018
At their July 18 meeting, the City of Bellevue unanimously passed a resolution urging the U.S. Congress to honor the contributions of Chinese-American veterans of World War II.
At their July 18 meeting, the City of Bellevue unanimously passed a resolution urging the U.S. Congress to honor the contributions of Chinese-American veterans of World War II.
A press release by the city noted that, despite the service of Chinese-Americans during the war, “up to 40 percent were unable to become citizens until midway through the conflict when the Chinese Exclusion Act was repealed.”
Bellevue’s resolution notes that some 20,000 Chinese-Americans served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II, despite having fewer than 120,000 Chinese Americans living in the United States at the time of the war.
The city’s resolution supports bipartisan bills H.R.2358 (cosponsored by Representatives Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ted Lieu (D-CA)) and S. 1050 (cosponsored by Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS)) which would collectively honor Chinese-American veterans of World War II with the Congressional Gold Medal.