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Category: Mahlon Meyer

A husband and wife smile and stand in front of a fruit stand at Pike Place Market.

Past and present mingle as Vietnamese refugee helps a Ukrainian family

From Northwest Asian Weekly (by Mahlon Meyer) – Memory knows before forgetting endures, sees, hears, feels the sway of the boat, the flaccid scent of 275 bodies packed like cordwood, knows a destination where they ate leaves and tiny crabs for a year until they came to the U.S.
A group of Chinese Americans poses with giant medals depicting Chinese American veterans and their role in World War II.

Chinese American WWII veterans honored

From Northwest Asian Weekly (by Mahlon Meyer) – In 2021, Chinese American World War II veterans and their families around the region were finally presented with a Congressional Gold Medal.