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The Center for Asian American Studies Hosts Open House
Date: September 15
Location: ACES, Avaya Auditorium
Time: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
The Center for Asian American Studies presents a slide show and talk by Eddie Fung, with his editor and wife, Judy Yung. The event will feature Eddie Fung's life from a Chinatown childhood during World War II. The reception will begin at 3:30 p.m., followed by the talk and book signing, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Copies of "The Adventures of Eddie Fung: Chinatown Kid, Texas Cowboy, Prisoner of War," will be available for purchase for $15.
Eddie Fung is the only Chinese-American soldier to be captured by the Japanese during World War II. He was then put to work on the Burma-Siam railroad, made famous by the film "The Bridge on the River Kwai."
Judy Yung is Professor Emerita in American Studies at University of California, Santa Cruz.
Contact:
Kenyatta Dawson
Program Coordinator, Center for Asian American Studies
512-232-9468
kydawson@mail.utexas.edu