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  2. Nisei VFW Post 8985 - Wikipedia

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    Nisei Memorial VFW Post 8985 was founded in 1947 by Japanese-American World War II veterans of the 442nd RCT and the Military Intelligence Service in Sacramento, California. Its members would form the first of 14 segregated Nisei VFW posts chartered in California.

  3. Japanese-American service in World War II - Wikipedia

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    White officers from the 442nd including Col Virgil R. Miller advocated on the behalf of the Nisei in Chicago to be allowed to form their own American Legion post 1183 in 1946, while Alva Fleming, a Navy veteran in Sacramento district leadership approved the charter for Nisei VFW Post 8985 in 1947. Fleming would go on to become the VFW State ...

  4. Veterans of Foreign Wars - Wikipedia

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    Fleming would go on to become State Commander for the Department of California, and considered to be the driving force in the founding of a total of 14 Nisei VFW posts throughout California, posts 8985 in Sacramento, Monterey post 1629, Gardena post 1961, Garden Grove post 3670, San Fernando post 4140, San Diego post 4851, Hanford post 5869 ...

  5. 442nd Infantry Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia

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    It is believed that white officers from the 442nd advocated on the behalf of the Nisei in Chicago to be allowed to form their own American Legion post 1183 in 1946, while Alva Fleming, a Navy veteran in Sacramento district leadership approved the charter for Nisei VFW Post 8985 in Sacramento in 1947. Fleming would go on to become the VFW State ...

  6. Nisei military units to be honored at Punchbowl - AOL

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    Nisei military units that fought heroically in World War II will be honored Sept. 29 at the 19th annual Joint Memorial Service, at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl. The 9 ...

  7. Category:Japanese-American memorials - Wikipedia

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    Nisei Veterans Memorial Center; Nisei VFW Post 8985; S. Sakura Square This page was last edited on 1 August 2024, at 01:59 (UTC). Text ...

  8. Category:Veterans of Foreign Wars buildings - Wikipedia

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    Nisei VFW Post 8985; P. Petty House (San Antonio) R. ... Veterans of Foreign Wars Walter R. Mickens Post 6021 and William Weech American Legion Post 168; VFW Club

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