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Sky You, May 10, 2023
Young Oak Kim, born in Los Angeles in 1919, was a Korean American United States Army officer during World War II and the Korean War, as well as a civic leader and humanitarian.
Glen Creason, March 13, 2019
Chinatown in Los Angeles has been demeaned and misunderstood for about a century and a half.
Kelly Wallace, May 19, 2017
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, a month in which we celebrate the culture, traditions, accomplishments, and history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States.

![Close up of a Junior League tourist map showing a festive looking Chinatown, [ca.1980] The Junior League created this tourist map in 1980 showing a festive looking Chinatown](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/blog_latest_list_120x90/public/blogs/2021-04/ctmapheader.jpg?itok=YIkWp-Fb)
