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In 1996 Congress directed the Secretary of the Army to conduct a review of all Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who were awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in World War II “to determine whether any such award should be upgraded to the Medal of Honor.” The task of identifying soldiers who qualified for the review and locating the required official documentation was given to the Command History Office at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Presidio of Monterey, California. The team completed their research in September 1998 and turned their findings over to the US Army’s Military Awards Branch. On 21 June 2000 President William Clinton awarded the Medal of Honor to 22 Asian-Pacific Americans.
Presidential Remarks at Ceremony Honoring Asian American Medal of Honor Recipients
Asian American World War II Vets to Get Medal of Honor
21 Asian American World War II Vets to Get Medal of Honor
Army to Induct Twenty-One Medal of Honor Recipients into Pentagon Hall of Heroes
Medal of Honor Citations
(Note: that award pending for Technician Fifth Grade James K. Okubo (mentioned in the press release and news stories above) was also approved - 22 citations are included in this section)
