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SUBJ/ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH - MAY 2001//
 
RMKS/1.  THE 22ND ANNUAL NATIONAL OBSERVANCE OF ASIAN/PACIFIC
AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH WILL BE OBSERVED THROUGHOUT MAY 2001.  THIS
ANNUAL OBSERVANCE IS CELEBRATED ACROSS THE NATION IN RECOGNITION OF
THE RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN COMMUNITY
THAT HELPED SHAPE OUR GREAT NATION.  THE NATIONAL THEME IS
"ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICANS:  EMERGING TOGETHER."
 
2.  IN ADDITION TO OVER 23,000 MEN AND WOMEN IN TODAY'S NAVY, THE
VOICE OF ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICANS CAN BE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE
NATION.  THEIR NUMEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR
RICH AND DIVERSE AMERICAN HERITAGE.  TODAY, MORE THAN 10 PERCENT OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY IS COMPRISED OF ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICANS -
THE LARGEST REPRESENTATION WITHIN THE FEDERAL EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS.
MORE THAN 11 MILLION ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICANS REPRESENT 4.1 PERCENT
OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION TODAY.
 
3.  MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF PRESENT AND PAST ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICANS
CAN BE SEEN TODAY.  THE HONORABLE NORMAN Y. MINETA BECAME THE 14TH
U.S. SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION ON 25 JAN 01.  PRIOR TO JOINING THE
CURRENT ADMINISTRATION AS U.S. SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, HE
SERVED AS U.S. SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, BECOMING THE FIRST
ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN TO SERVE IN THE PRESIDENT'S CABINET.  HE IS
THE FIRST SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION TO HAVE PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN A
CABINET POSITION.  ALSO, THE NAVY HAS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THE
DECISION TO NAME THE 43RD SHIP OF THE ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS OF GUIDED
MISSILE DESTROYERS, USS CHUNG-HOON (DDG 93).  THIS IS IN HONOR OF
REAR ADMIRAL GORDON P. CHUNG-HOON, BORN IN HONOLULU, HAWAII, ON
10 JULY 1910.  RADM CHUNG-HOON ATTENDED THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY AND
GRADUATED IN MAY 1934.  HE IS A RECIPIENT OF THE NAVY CROSS AND
SILVER STAR FOR CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY AND EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM AS
COMMANDING OFFICER, USS SIGSBEE (DD 502) FROM MAY 1944 TO OCT 1945.
HE RETIRED IN OCT 1959 AND DIED IN JUL 1979.  FINALLY, CAPTAIN JOSE
R. CORPUS WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2000 FEDERAL ASIAN PACIFIC
AMERICAN COUNCIL (FAPAC) MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD.  CURRENTLY,
CAPTAIN CORPUS SERVES AS COMMANDER, SUBMARINE SQUADRON 15, LOCATED
IN AGANA, GUAM.  THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, AS WELL AS
COUNTLESS OTHERS, MAINTAIN THE ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN COMMUNITY'S
HIGH STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE.
 
4.  ALL COMMANDS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO CELEBRATE ASIAN/PACIFIC
AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH THROUGH PROGRAMS, EXHIBITS, PUBLICATIONS, AND
PARTICIPATION IN MILITARY AND COMMUNITY EVENTS RECOGNIZING THE
DIVERSITY OF AMERICAN HERITAGE.  VISIT WEB SITE WWW.BUPERS.NAVY.MIL/
MENTOR FOR INFO ON CULTURAL HERITAGE MONTHS OR CONTACT LT HARBERT AT
(703) 695-2824/DSN 225 OR E-MAIL:  P00J3@BUPERS.NAVY.MIL.
 
5.  RELEASED BY VADM NORB RYAN, JR., N1.//
 
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