Born after the fall of the Khmer Rouge, Phatry Derek Pan, decided to create an online blog to commemorate the Cambodian genocide and bring awareness to the Cambodian American community. Pan hopes that current and future generations will have an easily accessible online resource to inform them on past historical events that created their community. In…
When Gunnery Sergeant Hartman said, “There is no racial bigotry here,” I knew that Full Metal Jacket would make me want to throw up in disgust. The film did not disappoint.
World War II conjures many words and places to mind: Pearl Harbor, Manzanar, the beach of Normandy, Hiroshima, perhaps even the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the all-Japanese American team that emerged from the war as the most decorated regiment in the U.S. Armed Forces. Lesser known, however, are the Filipino and Filipino American veterans who…