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NEXT BOARD MEETING: Saturday, July 13, 2013 @ 1100 hours. All Cathay Post members and supporting friends are welcome. Lunch will be served immediately after the Board meeting.

Cathay Post. No. 384 American Legion 1524 Powell Street San Francisco, CA 94133 Telephone: 415.392.2882 Fax: 415.399.0551 www.cathaypost384.org

From the Commander’s Desk 2-3

The 2nd Vice Commander 4-6

The 3rd Vice Commander 7-8

Cathay Post #384 82nd Annual Dinner 9-10

2013 Memorial Day at the Presidio 11-12

Golden State Road Warriors vs. SFPD 13-14

Alameda Honors API Veterans 15-16

Inside this issue:

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Cathay Post was also repre-

sented in the Memorial Day Cer-

emony at the San Francisco Na-

tional Cemetery, located in the

Presidio on May 27th. Mem-

bers who joined in were David

Wong, Nelson Lum, Dale King,

Roger Dong, Bob Butchart, Chee

Yee, W. T. Jeanpierre, Richard

Ow, Edward Lee, and

Jack Jair. Also several

members of our sup-

port unit came to par-

ticipate as well. This

year’s program includ-

ed a special recogni-

tion to honor and to

remember the Korean

War veterans who

served. Several of our

members received a

certificate of apprecia-

tion for their services

during this military

conflict.

I would like to add a big thank

you to board member Roger

Dong, for publicizing Cathay

Post’s activities at the recent

Asian Pacific Island Festival on

May 19th at the South Shore Cen-

ter in Alameda. Roger single

handedly organized and ar-

ranged a large display poster

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event where members from the-

se two veterans posts would

come and pay tribute to our WW

I and WW II military heroes of

chinese ancestry. The event took

place at the Memorial Plaque

located in the center of the park.

Joining me from our Post were

veterans Frank Chew, Gary

Chew, Jack Jair, W. T.

Jeanpierre, Dale King, Richard

Ow, Ed Wong, Chee Yee, Vin-

cent Yu, Bob Butchart, and Nes-

tor Tom It should be noted

that Frank Chew, Bob Butchart,

Richard Ow, Nestor Tom, and

myself are also members of the

Veterans of Foreign Wars organ-

ization.

Dear Cathay Post Members

and Friends,

A big thank you to the many vol-

unteers who helped our Post

with the recent 82nd Anniver-

sary dinner celebration on May

17th at the Far East Seafood Res-

taurant. . It was a memorable

occasion and a success-

ful event. Please ac-

cept this humble thanks

from the directors and

executive board for a

job well done. I have

received a large num-

ber of positive com-

ments about the festivi-

ties. In addition, I had

the opportunity to meet

with several veterans

who have expressed an

interest in joining Ca-

thay No. 384. The

event also received me-

dia coverage from the

Sing Tao Daily and the World

Journal publications.

Special thanks to all of the mem-

bers who came out and support-

ed our Post’s joint ceremony

with VFW 91st Division/

Chinatown Post 4618 at the St.

Mary’s Square Park on Sunday,

May 27th. This was an annual

From the Commander’s Desk

From left to right: Commander David Wong, 2nd

Vice Commander Nelson Lum, Historian Chee

Yee, and Past Commander Dr. Dale King


talent for our growing organiza-

tion as well as planning for the

future.

Your continued support of our

Post is appreciated.

Respectfully yours,

David Y. Wong

Commander

along with print documents for

viewing at the Post’s assigned

table. The time it must have tak-

en Roger to organize the as-

signment is truly commendable.

As with each monthly member-

ship meetings, the Post provides

a complimentary lunch to all at-

tendees. For the next three

months, the Post will have spon-

sorships for these lunches. On

June 8th, the lunch will be pro-

vided by the Asian Week Foun-

dation, as part of their Hep B

Free program. Free blood test-

ing for individuals will be availa-

ble as well. For the July 13th

meeting, Bristol Myer Squibb

will be providing a complimen-

tary lunch. A guest speaker will

be present to discuss the issues

of having Hep B. For the August

10th date, several officials from

the Woodlawn Memorial Park

will be hosting the lunch session.

Congratulations to the new

board of directors who were

elected or appointed at the May

meeting. There are a number of

young veterans who will be serv-

ing on the board for the first

time. This is all part of a devel-

opment plan to seek out new

From the Commander’s Desk

I like bikes, too!

From the 1st Vice Commander

C a t h ay C h r o ni c l e

Congratulations to our new

elected and appointed direc-

tors! America is such a wonder-

ful country. The transition of

power from one administration

to another has been fairly peace-

ful throughout American histo-

ry, with the exception of the

election of 1860. Many other

countries throughout the world

still experience riots and the

military taking to the streets

during these transition periods.

I hope the transition from the

2011 team to the 2013 team will

make American Legion Post 384

a better and stronger community

leader.

Speaking of government, the

California Boys State program is

this month. Approximately

1000 California High School

Seniors will be converging in the

state capital for a one week

hands on civic program starting

June 22nd. District 8 is sending

12 boys, of which Post 384 is

sponsoring 4 of them. Boys

from Thurgood Marshall, Gali-

leo, International Studies Acad-

emy, and Saint Ignatius will be

representing Post 384. Hats off

to you for supporting such a

great program that promotes

Americanism! For more infor-

mation please visit

www.boysstatecalifornia.org.

Finally, the former Church

space has been leased. Soon Bel

Builders a veteran owned com-

pany will be moving their opera-

tions into our building. Mr.

Fong will be happy to know that

the rent money will improve the

quality of our monthly lunch-

eon.

Jay Pon

1st Vice Commander

http://www.boysstatecalifornia.org

From the 2nd Vice Commander


First and foremost, I want to ex-

press my personal appreciation

for the trust that you've shown

me by electing me as your 2nd

Vice Commander. I will do my

best to fulfill my duties and will

always keep the best interest of

Cathay Post #384 paramount

in the execution of my duties. I

would also want to extend a big

thank you to all of you who sup-

ported our 82nd anniversary

dinner. The event could not have

been such success without the

hard work of our members and

support members. I have re-

ceived nothing but good feed-

backs from those who attended

the event. I like to take this op-

portunity to invite all of you to

give us your constructive inputs

so that we can make the neces-

sary improvements at our next

function.

The American Legion War Me-

morial Commission has begun

its move to the new location at

205 13th Street Suite 3300. The

contracted movers will move the

remaining furniture from the

War Memorial Veterans Build-

ing to the new location on Satur-

day, June 1st. As predicted,

there are a thousand things that

need to be attended to. The

move also has given us an op-

portunity to clear out some of

the long hidden and neglected

documents and outdated equip-

ments. Documents and equip-

ments that had been accumulat-

ed over the past 80 years. Most

of them that contain no specific

historical significance are being

scanned for the purpose of keep-

ing a permanent record and the

originals can now be disposed.

The task of looking over all these

documents was very time con-

suming but we have managed

to get most of it done. We have

also cleared out most of the di-

lapidated furnishings by either

donating them to non profit

groups or marked them for dis-

posal. By the way, our Adjutant

Tony Zhang has made numerous

trips to pick up furniture that

can be put to use here at Cathay

Post. I want to acknowledge To-

ny's efforts that most members

are not aware of.

If you have some free time,

please stop on by the new office

of the Commission and take a

look at how we are operat-

ing. Due to the small amount of

space that is currently available

to the Commission, many Amer-

ican Legion Posts will not be giv-

en space at the new location.

Even though Cathay Post

#384 is one of the most active

posts in San Francisco, there will

not be any space designated to

Cathay Post at the new site

since Cathay Post is fortunate

to have its own facility. The

Commission will try to do its

best to facilitate any post that

needs to use the meeting room

at the new site. If you need to

use the facility for whatever rea-

son, please contact Ms. Jamie

Lopez (415-861-4920) and she

will try to schedule you for the

usage base upon availability.

Needless to say, we must give

usage priority to the American

Legion posts here in San Fran-

cisco before any other entities.

Having said that, if you have a

need , please feel free to contact

us and we will see what can be

done.

As has been mentioned in the

past news letter and at our last

monthly meeting, Eddie

Ramirez, Commander of Post

505, was elected as the new

Eighth District Council Com-

mander. We, members of Ca-

thay Post #384,would certain-

ly want to convey our best wish-

es and to congratulate him for

his elevation as Commander of

our district. He will be sworn in

soon and take the reign of the

District for the next year. I urge

all the members of our post to

support his efforts to enhance


From the 2nd Vice Commander


the image and vitality of the dis-

trict.

His organizational skills will be

tested and confronted by the

tasks ahead, I am very confident

that he will do a very good job of

running our district.

By the time you read this news-

letter, the wheelchair basketball

game between the Golden State

Road Warriors and the San

Francisco Police Department

would have taken place already.

I hope those of you that attend-

ed this event would have en-

joyed the festivities.

At our next monthly meeting,

you will be asked to decide how

the future location of our post

within our building will be situ-

ated. I trust that you will give

the members of the Executive

Board the direction that you

would like our post to take. I

look forward to your participa-

tion in the discussion and we

will do our best to answer any

and all questions that you may

have regarding this important

issue that would affect the future

operations of our post. Hope to

see you all at our the meeting

Nelson Lum

2nd Vice Commander

Chair, ALWMC

From the 3rd Vice Commander


I want to thank you for electing

me Third Vice Commander for

Cathay Post #384. I am looking

forward to serving our members

and our community. I’ve had

the good fortune of meeting and

working with some of our mem-

bership. For those of you I have

not met, I’d like to tell you about

my background. I am a San

Francisco native, having left the

City just long enough to attend

law school at U.C. Davis, Officer

Candidate School and The Basic

School in Quantico, Virginia and

Naval Justice School in New-

port, Rhode Island before get-

ting assigned as the Chief Trial

Counsel and then Senior De-

fense Counsel at Marine Corps

Air Station, New River, Jackson-

ville, North Carolina [in the in-

terest of full disclosure, the Ma-

rines assigned only one attorney

to staff each office]. After wrap-

ping up my tour, I returned to

San Francisco and joined a civil

litigation Downtown law firm,

where I am now litigating civil

cases as a partner.

In 2009, my good friend Roger

Dong “conned” me into doing

some editing work for the Post

newsletter that he had started

up. The rest, they say, is histo-

ry. Shortly after my first editing

assignment, I joined the Post

and then became the newslet-

ter’s editor [now you’re under-

standing why I said

“conned”.] During the 18

months I served as the editor, I

modernized the look and format

of the newsletter and then also

served as the editor of the Post’s

80th Anniversary Yearbook. Let

me just say, neither the Marine

Corps, nor law school prepared

me for the difficulties and com-

plexities of running both opera-

tion, but it was all worth it. Dur-

ing this time, I got to work close-

ly with the Post board and to

meet many of the Post mem-

bers.

I am very honored that a fellow

Marine, Ed Wong, nominated

me for 3rd Vice Commander, and

that Roger Dong [the same gen-

tleman who conned me into

serving as the newsletter editor]

“seconded” Ed’s nomination. I

look forward to serving the Post,

and working closely with my fel-

low commanders to ensure that

the Post continues its mission in

serving its veteran community,

broadening its membership and

operating with the highest of

integrity.

By the way, on June 1, I attended

the Charity Wheelchair Basket-

ball Game between the Golden

State Road Warriors and the San

Francisco Police Department

[hosted by Cathay Post]. What a

game! Thanks to 2nd Vice Com-

mander Nelson Lum for putting

on such a great and well attend-

ed event. The “Men and Women

in Blue” fought hard and lost by

only a few baskets [though the

Road Warriors spotted them

about 80 points].

The story of the day, of course,

was the Road Warriors. These


From the 3rd Vice Commander


wheel-chaired Warriors are

some of the most talented ath-

letes I’ve had the pleasuring of

watching. They controlled every

aspect of the game from the

opening tip-off to the final buzz-

er. They passed like the Globe-

trotters [the fancy, no look, be-

hind the back magic] and rarely

missed shots [be it alley-oops,

lay-ups, or three pointers]. They

were true magicians and great

sports [heck, they even helped

pushed some of the cops who

couldn’t really handle being

wheel chair bound for the

game]. My mother is wheel

chair bound, so I have some

idea of what these athletes

have to endure on a daily ba-

sis, and their extraordinary

dedication and skills and the

practice necessary to make

wheelchair basketball seem so

easy. Congratulations to the

police officers for giving it

their best. And, finally, it’s

worth noting that Post Adju-

tant Tony Zhang, who was the

Post’s sacrificial lamb during

the basketball game, did a

great job in representing the

Post and our community. By

my count, he attempted over

20 shots and made ZERO

[which I think is slightly better

than Andris Biedrins’ free

throw shooting]. I’m looking

forward to next year’s game!

Galin Luk

3rd Vice Commander

Meet our 2013-2015 Executive Board

Cathay Post #384 82nd Annual Dinner


Wow, May 2013 was HOT

month! Cathay Post had our

82nd Birthday party, Memorial

Day was honored again at the

San Francisco Presidio National

Cemetery, there was our big

fund raiser pitting our San

Francisco Police Depart-

ment representatives against

the Golden State Road War-

riors in a wheel chair basketball

game, and we co-sponsored Ala-

meda City's Honoring all our

veterans of Asian Pacific Is-

lander descent. We will need a

month of rest in June to recover

from so much joyful activity.

The month of May is getting

busier and busier every year as

the celebration of Asian Heritage

month grows each year, and in-

volves more and more organiza-

tions and our Bay Area Asian

American community.

First, on Friday, May 17th, our

annual birthday party was held

one of the oldest Chinatown

banquet restaurants, the Far

East Cafe. Most of us have

dined at this location, dozens of

times for many birthdays, wed-

dings, Post events, and family

association dinners. This time

we dined at the Far East to cele-

brate our big 82nd Birthday.

We had around 500 attendees

and San Francisco Board of Su-

pervisor President David Chiu

attended and thanked our Ca-

thay Post members and all vet-

erans for their service to our

Country. Chiu then presented a

Certificate of Honor to our Post,

and he then stayed at this dinner

for another hour chatting with

many people and taking photos

with many of our guests. We

Thank President Chiu for his

thoughtfulness and sharing of

his valuable time with us at our

birthday party.

President David Chiu, Board of Supervisors pre-sents award to Commander David Y. Wong

Cathay Post #384 82nd Annual Dinner


Our Post Thanks everyone for attending our big birthday party, and we applaud and salute the many vol-

unteers who gave their time and effort to make this event very special. Thanks to Frank Jang for his cam-

era, which deserves most of the credit for the images he has provided our Post. Frank is a special person in

our community who has photographed every major Chinatown event for many years. His imagery docu-

ments the history of many organizations in our City.

Next year, we want to invite everyone early to attend our 83rd Anniversary Party. We will be telling you

soon where and when we have that celebration.

Cathay Post officers honor SFPD Officer ....

Our new Board of Directors are sworn in by Judge Julie Tang.

2013 Memorial Day at the Presidio


On Sunday, May 27, 2013 the

city of San Francisco remem-

bered all our veterans who made

the ultimate sacrifice and all

who served and are now no

longer with us. The setting was

the beautiful and serene San

Francisco Presidio National

Cemetery. Cathay Post was

there. Many of our very senior

veterans were there too includ-

ing our AmVets and VFW col-

leagues. This occasion was addi-

tionally significant as it remem-

bered that we had fought in Ko-

rea sixty years ago, and that con-

flicted resulted in 54,000 casual-

ties, including 36,516 who made

the ultimate sacrifice. It was a

war that was not called a war,

and lingers on today.

The Presidio was also the home

of the Letterman Hospital,

which treated all the wounded

and sick returning by our hospi-

tal ships from Korea. That loca-

tion is now Lucas Studios, but

we should not forget that six

decades ago, it played a very im-

portant role in many of our sol-

diers who survived and suffered

a long time from the wounds of

that war.

For several decades, the Memo-

rial Day remembrance has been

chaired and managed by our

American Legion Post 244 Com-

mander Wallace Levin who has

dedicated these many years to

insuring that the people of this

great City do not forget, and al-

ways remember with reverence,

all who have served. and espe-

cially all who have died for our

Country. Thank you Wally for

the many, many hours you have

dedicated to this annual event

honoring all our veterans.

The Honorable Romain Serman,

Consul General of France laid

the memorial wreath honoring

our veterans of World War II.

This year, local political digni-(Continued on page 12)

The Public and Cathay Post Honor all our Veterans

The public gathers. The Color Guard prepares.

2013 Memorial Day at the Presidio


taries who attended included Mayor Edwin Lee, State Senator Mark Leno, our City Supervisors including

Mark Farrell, Malia Cohen, Eric Mar, Scott Wiener, Norman Yee, former Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, City

Treasurer Jose Cisneros, City Assessor Carmen Chu.

Our veteran leaders included VFW Commander Raymond Wong, 8th District Council Commander John

Forrett, President Eduardo Ramirez, and American Legion War Memorial Commission Nelson Lum.

George Gascon, City District Attorney, Dennis Herrera, City Attorney, Greg Suhr, Chief of Police, and Jo-

anne Hayes-White, Chief of the Fire Department were also in attendance.

Commander Levine "Let's get started."

Our Cathay Post veterans were there. The 191st Army Band is ready.

Mayor Ed Lee Honors the veterans.

Golden State Road Warriors Trounced the San Francisco

Police Department


On Sunday, June 1, 2013, two of

our Post members, W.T.

Jeanpierre and Nelson Lum

arranged for the San Francis-

co Police Department bas-

ketball team to be led to slaugh-

tered by the Golden State

Road Warriors (GSRW)

"handicapped" in wheel chairs -

the wheel chairs did not turn out

to be a handicap. The SFPD

team agreed to also use wheel

chairs - to be fair -, and that

turned out to be very unfair.

The GSRW team spotted SFPD

40 points in the first half, and

30 more points in the second

half, and won easily over the

SFPD team which tried very

hard, but were able to only mus-

ter up a few points. Shooting

from a wheel chair, it appears,

requires a lot of practice and a

different set of muscles to be a

police officer.

Everyone had a great time at this

successful fund raiser. Thanks

to W. T. for giving us this great

idea, and Thanks for Nelson for

his hard and smart work in ob-

taining generous sponsorships

by the San Francisco Police

Officers Association and the

San Francisco Police Credit

Union. These two major spon-

sors covered our fund raising

expenses, and that meant that

our ticket sales would be our

profit.

Former Commander Emeritus

Bok Pon always made fund

raising successful, by covering

expenses with sponsorships.

That is a fund raising lesson all

who need to raise funds must

learn and use this as a guide to

your fund raising efforts. You

will not lose money, if your ex-

penses are covered in advance.

If you depend on ticket sales to

cover your expenses, you may be

very disappointed.

No one recalls the final score of

this debacle, but everyone had a

great time. We will do this again

next year, with a bigger crowd,

and lots more fun and games. If

you didn't make it this year,

make sure you join us next time,

to see if the SFPD will improve

their basketball shooting from

the hip. This year, they proved

that shooting from the hip is

what the Golden State Road

Warriors do really, really well.

Cathay Post Thanks both the

San Francisco Police De-

partment and the Golden

State Road Warriors for giv-

ing our Post the opportunity to

have this fund raising crowd

pleaser, and especially the

SFPD for allowing the GSWR

to win this mismatch, despite a

huge handicap of 75 points. We

never knew the SFPD were so

humble.

CCSF - Location of the slaughter We were all friends before the game started.

Golden State Road Warriors Trounced the San Francisco

Police Department


Our Post Color Guard was very sharp - as usual.

Thanks to Gary Chew, Color Guard Commander.

W.T. interrogating the Warriors Cheerleaders.

A little guy makes friends with a Warrior. Even our Tony Z, could not save the SFPD from defeat.

Alameda Honors American API Veterans


On Sunday, May 19, 2013

Commander David Y. Wong

and a contingent of Cathay

Post members after complet-

ing the Bay to Breakers in rec-

ord times, immediately

dashed across the Bay Bridge

to attend this first time recog-

nition event honoring all

Asian Pacific Islander veter-

ans. Our Post was well repre-

sented with a team including Vice

Commanders Nelson Lum and

Galin Luk, Chaplain Richard

Ow, Treasurer Ed Wong, our

newsletter reporter Roger S.

Dong, and Support Member

Christy Dong. Actually, our Post

members were observers and not

participants in the B2B marathon.

Colonel Richard F. Hum, a

member of our Post who passed

away recently, and his grandson

Captain Brian Hum, an active

duty Air Force officer, was present

to accept certificates of honor for

his grandfather. A good friend of

Cathay Post, Captain Moon

Chin was also honored at this

event, and Chin, for the first time,

provided autographed photos for

his friends.

Cathay Post had a great poster

board display which had many

photos of our recent Post activities

and was effective in recruiting

new members. Active Duty Air

Force Lt Colonel Teddy Su was

present and indicated that he

would be happy to join our Post

and participate in our many com-

munity and social events.

Chinese American Heroes,

our strategic partner, was the pri-

mary sponsor for this event, and

our Post is very pleased to be one

of the co-sponsors of this event

which honored all our API veter-

ans.

Using the South Shore Center,

the largest shopping center in the

City, Alameda hosted the Alame-

da Asian Pacific Islander (API)

Cultural Festival - a festive day to

honor our API heritage, and es-

pecially those military veterans

who have served our Country.

Sponsored by the non-profit or-

ganization, Chinese American

Heroes (CAH), and managed

by the Festival event working

committee volunteers, in-

cluding Mr. Glen Wong, Ms.

Karen Fong, Mr. Michael Ro-

bles-Wong, Mr. Rahn Sibley,

Ms. Julie Yim, and Mr. Roger

S. Dong. Councilman Stew-

art Chen, former County Su-

pervisor Alice Lai-Bitker and

assembly member Jennifer

Ong provided important exec-

utive consultation. The all af-

ternoon event featured several

emcees, including KTVU week-

end meteorologist Rosemary

Orozco, and recently promot-

ed, Army Brigadier General

Garrett Yee. California State

Supreme Court Associate Jus-

tice Ming Chin gave the key-

note address.

The Festival was kicked off by

the rousing Lincoln Middle

School Marching Band and

then the sharp Encinal High

School JROTC Color Guard

presented the Colors.

Local political leaders Assem-

bly member Rob Bonta, Chair

of this event, State Senator Lo-

ni Hancock, and Alameda City

Council Members Lena Tam,

Tony Daysog and Stewart Chen

Alameda Honors American API Veterans


joined in the event and thanked all

the veterans for their loyal mili-

tary duty serving our country dur-

ing times of war and peace.

The festive and notable celebra-

tion was held at Alameda's South

Shore Center, and featured Lion

Dancers from the Hyong Viet

Community Center, Sukyung Choi

Korean Dancers, Filipino Martial

Arts by the Dragon Sticks, Halau

Makana, Gercenter Youth Center,

China’s Spirit-Guzheng Ensemble,

Rita Sahai and Group, Intensity

Martial Arts, Okinawan Folk

Dance, Bay Farm Ukelele, and

Patty Chu’s Chinese Folk Dance

Troup.

Special attention was given to five

veterans who have an Alameda

connection and have served with

exceptional distinction, including

World War II Army First Sergeant

Eustaquio Oliver Valerio, Vietnam

War Navy Master Chief Felix

Marquez, World War II, Korean

and Vietnam War Air Force Colo-

nel Richard F. H

um, World War II Army 442nd

Regimental Combat Team Tech-

nical Specialist 5 Shiro "Jug"

Takeshita and World War II

Transport Pilot Captain Moon

Chin.

Each of the heroic veterans, or

their representatives, were

awarded Certificates of Honor

from Senator Diane Feinstein,

Senator Barbara Boxer, Con-

gressman Michael Honda, Con-

gresswoman Barbara Lee, State

Senator Loni Hancock, Assem-

blyman Rob Bonta, and the Ala-

meda City Council. Air Force

Captain Brian Hum received

awards on behalf of his grandfa-

ther, Colonel Richard F. Hum,

and Cookie Takeshita received

the awards on behalf of her hus-

band, Technical Specialist 5 Shiro

"Jug" Takeshita. Daughter Mon-

ica Valerio and seven of her

siblings received the awards on

behalf of First Sergeant Eu-

staquio Oliver Valerio.

During the program, Chinese

American Heroes Chairman

Roger S. Dong surprised Gen-

eral Garrett Yee and State Su-

preme Court Associate Justice

Ming W. Chin by publicly an-

nouncing that the two gentle-

men were the latest heroes to

be added to the CAH national

website

(www.chineseamericanheroes.

org). Dong noted that among

the 4.5 million Americans with

Chinese blood in our country,

there are now just 200 individ-

uals who have made sufficient

significant contributions to be

designated heroes in this na-

tional organization. Both were

awarded with framed CAH

heroes’ certificates.

General Garrett Yee is a CAH Hero. Assoc. Justice Ming W. Chin honored as a CAH Hero.


Cathay Post Board of Directors 2013

Primary Business Address 1524 Powell Street

San Francisco, CA 94133

Phone: 415.392.2882 Fax: 415.399.0551

Cathay Post No. 384, American Legion,

Executive Committee

Commander David Y. Wong

1st Vice Commander Jay Pon

2nd Vice Commander Nelson Lum

3rd Vice Commander Galin Luk

Adjutant Tony Zhang

Secretary John Li

Treasurer Edward Wong

Past Commander & Historian Dale C. King

Chronicle Staff

Adjutant Tony Zhang is the Editor and re-

sponsible for the publication of the Cathay

Post Chronicle.

Roger Dong is our chief reporter.

The Editor welcomes article or letter submis-

sions but reserves the right to publish, repub-

lish or not publish any submission and to edit

articles or letters as appropriate. Submissions

must include your name, address, and phone

number. The Editor will call to verify authen-

ticity. All submissions should be emailed to the

Editor at [email protected] by the 25th day

of the month preceding the next month’s News-

letter.

Thanks to all our Post Commanders for

contributing to this edition of our Cathay

Chronicle.


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