http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/en/node/2443 Comments for "JAVA: Finding the Elixir of Survival" en http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/en/node/2443 <p><a href="http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/sites/www.discovernikkei.org.forum/files/c_ninomiya_0.jpg" title="View: c_ninomiya.jpg"><img style="width: px; height:px;" src="http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/sites/www.discovernikkei.org.forum/files/c_ninomiya_0.jpg" class="inline" alt="c_ninomiya.jpg" title="c_ninomiya.jpg" /></a></p> <h2>JAVA: Finding the Elixir of Survival </h2> <p>By Calvin Ninomiya</p> <p>At a time when many U.S. veterans organizations have declining membership, are moribund, or have voted themselves out of existence, the Japanese American Veterans Association of Washington, DC, has shown real growth. Prior to 2005, JAVA, as the group is popularly known, had 216 members. Now, it boasts 520 members, well over 100 percent in just three years! Of these, 79 were transfers from defunct vet organizations. New membership averaged out to more than 45 each of the past three years.</p> <p><a href="http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/en/node/2443">read more</a></p> http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/en/node/2443#comment War &amp; Resistance Wed, 07 May 2008 17:55:10 -0700 editor 2443 at http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum