Kristine: 75 YEARS AGO THE
WAR IN THE PACIFIC CAME TO THE
END ON THE USS MISSOURI.
PAMELA YOUNG JOINS US LIVE
FROM PEARL HARBOR WHERE THE END
OF WORLD WAR II IS BEING
COMMEMORATED.
GOOD MORNING, PAMELA.
Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
TODAY'S CEREMONY IS ONE MANY
OBSERVE VANCES THAT HAD TO BE
CANCELLED OR DOWNSIZED BECAUSE
OF COVID-19.
ONE OF THOSE EVENT WAS THE
AWARDING OF THE CONGRESSIONAL
GOLD MEDAL TO CHIN I NICE-AMERICAN
VETERANS.
BATTALION RECEIVED THEIR GOLD
MEDAL AS A GROUP.
AND SIX YEARS AFTER THAT,
THEIR GOLD MEDAL.
THIS YEAR WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO
THE CHINESE-AMERICANS.
FIRST OF ALL, C COVID-19.
SECOND IS THERE ARE NO MEDALS TO
BE AWARDED.
THE U.S. MINT SHUT DOWN IN
APRIL, AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
PANDEMIC, AMERICANS STARTED
HOARDING THEIR COINS.
THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF SPARE
CHANGE.
THE MINT RECENTLY STARTED UP ON
SO THEIR FIRST TASK IS TO MAKE
COINS FOR AMERICANS.
AND ONLY THEN WILL THEY START
MINTING THE MEDALS FOR
CHINESE-AMERICANS.
ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO HAVE
NANCY PELOSI TO HAND OUT.
NOW IT'S IFFY AND IT COULD BE A
VIRTUAL CEREMONY.
TODAY'S BIG CEREMONY ABOARD THE
MIGHTY MO.
Kristine: THANK YOU,
PAMELA.
JOINING US AT 8:30.
YOU CAN CATCH THE COMMEMORATION
OF THE 75TH ANTICIPATE OF
THE*END OF THE CAR ON KHII.
WE'LL LIVE STREAM IS AT
KHON2.COM.
HOPEFULLY, THEY'LL BE RECOGNIZED
