The November Nisei Lunch is “in the books” as we hosted the busiest lunch crowd of the year. We anticipate a slightly higher number of guest’s next month for our final lunch of 2024. Jim Shinbo and his kitchen crew did an outstanding job (again!), providing a delicious meal of Turkey, rice, dressing, green beans, green salad, lots of gravy to top things off, and for dessert: Pumpkin Pie made in the Costco Bakery.
NVC STATEMENT ON A FALSE HISTORIAL NARRATIVE
The NVC Executive Council is aware of some influential voices promising to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 – the same legislation used to justify the incarceration of Japanese American citizens without legal due process during WWII
JAVA & NJAMF HONOR VETERANS DAY & NORIO UYEMATSU
JAVA and the National Japanese American Memorial Foundation (NJAMF) held its annual Veterans Day Program on Saturday, November 11th, at the National Japanese American Memorial in Washington, D.C. U.S. Army Corporal Norio Uyematsu was the keynote speaker for the Veterans Day Program.
FIRST CORPS CHANGE OF COMMAND AT JOINT BASE LEWIS McCHORD
On October 25, 2024, Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) was the site of a significant military tradition—the Change of Command Ceremony for America’s First Corps. This event marked the transition of leadership from Lt. Gen. Xavier T. Brunson to Lt. Gen. Matthew W. McFarlane.
NVC has joined “Cup of Joe for a Joe”, a Green Beans Coffee program that allows you to thank a member of the armed forces for their service with a hot, fresh cup of Green Beans Coffee and a personal message at over three dozen overseas bases where Green Beans Coffee has an outlet.