The Changing Nature of Equality WASHINGTON June 27, 2002 -- If the men who signed the Declaration of Independence could see America today, they'd probably be astonished. Full Story Click for higher resolution. Hero Colonel Recalls Family Indignities of Internment Camp — and Life After WASHINGTON May 29, 2002 -- If he were alive today, Kinzo Wakayama would be proud of the Soldier's Medal on his son's Army uniform. Though the elder Wakayama suffered years of injustice and indignities in internment camps during World War II, he never let his boys forget they had a duty to serve their country. Full Story DoD Observes Asian Pacific WASHINGTON May 24, 2002 -- More than 600 people crowded into the ballroom of the Omni Shoreham Hotel here, May 22 for the Defense Department's first official Asian Pacific American Heritage Month observance in 21 years. Full Story David Chu: DoD's Highest-Ranking Asian American Civilian WASHINGTON May 15, 2002 -- There were only a few Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders serving in the armed forces when Chinese American David S.C. Chu, 58, joined the Army Reserve in the 1960s. Full Story