A decorated World War Two and Korean War veteran who was dedicated to helping L.A.'s Asian communities has died. Retired Army Colonel Young Oak Kim died at age 86 last Thursday of cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He helped found organizations that helped Asian immigrants and civic foundations, including the Japanese American National Museum, the Korean American Museum and Go For Broke, a nonprofit that preserves the history of Asian-American soldiers who served in World War II. Larry talks with Christine Sato–Yamazaki, Executive Director and President of the “Go For Broke” Educational Foundation.
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