AANHPI History Calendar

· San Francisco, California

Korean National Association Founded

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Korean immigrants merged mainland and Hawaii groups to form the Korean National Association in San Francisco; led by Ahn Chang-ho, it became the main organizing body for Koreans in America and a hub of the diaspora's independence movement. (Shares Feb 1 with the 442nd RCT's activation.)

Communities
  • Korean American
Topics
  • independence
  • community
Event type
  • founding

Sources

Also on February 1

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442nd Regimental Combat Team Activated

President Roosevelt activated the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a segregated Nisei unit drawn from Hawaii and the mainland camps that became the most decorated unit of its size in US military history.