Chinese American WWII Veterans Project

CHCP's film, "Our Story of War and Remembrance," is dedicated to the Chinese American World War II veterans of the China-Burma-India Theatre. Through oral interviews of surviving WWII veterans and their family members, the CHCP film project team of both SDCAP students and adults tells the stories of four Bay Area Chinese American WWII veterans of the Fourteenth Air Force, successor to the Flying Tigers, in a moving documentary of patriotism as they served to defend the America that had denied them rights under the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.

11/11/24 New Documentary Film: Valor and Memory

View the documentary film, Valor and Memory, that explores the complex historical relationship between the United States and China. The “Flying Tigers,” the “Chinese Tigers,” and “Chinese American Tigers” have almost all passed into history. But their valor and sacrifices deserve to be remembered. Explore their lives and legacies, and why their stories are now being celebrated again.

11/11/23 USS Hornet Museum Exhibit: Paper Son Soldiers

The Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF) sponsored a new exhibit, "Paper Son Soldiers," that opened on Veterans Day, November 11, 2023, at the USS Hornet Museum. The exhibit tells the story of two brothers, Benson and Richard Wong, whose journey through Angel Island and enlistment in the U.S. military demonstrate the commitment and sacrifice Chinese immigrants made to America during WWII. 

05/17/23 CAMDC Webinar: Chinese Americans in the U.S. Military - Civil War to Present Day

The Chinese American Museum DC (CAMDC) held this online event moderated by military expert, Monty Hom, to discuss the incredible stories and legacy of Chinese Americans serving in the U.S. military since the Civil War.

11/10/22 CAMDC Webinar: Chinese Americans You Should Know From U.S. Military History

The Chinese American Museum DC (CAMDC) hosted a webinar with a distinguished panel who talked about some of the Chinese American men and women who have served our nation and their great American stories.

03/06/21 DAR honors Hazel Ying Lee in Women's History Month

In honor of Women’s History Month, the Santa Clara Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) honored the accomplishments of Hazel Ying Lee, one of the first Chinese American women to earn a pilot's license (Oct. 1932) and to pilot fighter aircraft for the U.S. military.

12/09/20 Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony

View the virtual Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony as the United States Congress presents the Congressional Gold Medal (CGM) to the Chinese American veterans of World War II.  Our nation is forever indebted to these veterans for their bravery, valor, dedication, commitment, and sacrifice, particularly in the face of discrimination.

11/11/20 Chinese American G.I. Project’s Veterans Day Retrospective: “Warriors in Our Midst”

The Chinese American G.I. Project is proud to present a retrospective program by Montgomery Hom, Executive Producer, honoring Chinese American Veterans from the battlefields of WWII to the mountains of Afghanistan. Ming-Na Wen, celebrated actress and narrator for Montgomery Hom’s Emmy-nominated PBS documentary film, “We Served with Pride,” shares her family’s legacy of service.

09/26/20 75th Anniversary Ceremony of End of WWII

In 2020, as we commemorated the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII and honored our Chinese American veterans from the Golden State, we listened and learned from our most senior WWII Chinese American veterans, plus serving and retired military personnel, as they shared their personal stories and their messages to future generations. This was a very historic gathering of all Chinese American military personnel, both past and present.

08/29/20 CHCP Webinar: "Operation: WWII Chinese American G.I.”

This webinar provides a unique perspective of Chinese American GIs through personal stories of their patriotic military service to the United States.

Asian/Pacific American Military Timeline

The Asian/Pacific American Military Timeline is an extract of significant dates in Asian Pacific American contributions to the Department of Defense (DoD) and the nation that were compiled by Robert L. Worden of the Library of Congress for a 1999 calendar produced by the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute.