Hai Le, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District Chief of the Data Management Section, speaks during the Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage Month luncheon at the District Headquarters, Mobile, Alabama, May 21, 2024. The U. S. chose May as AAPI Heritage Month because it commemorates the first Japanese immigrant from May 7, 1843, and the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869, which was constructed with the labor of approximately 20,000 Chinese migrants. (U.S. Army photo by Jeremy Murray)
Hai Le, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District Chief of the Data Management Section, speaks during the Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage Month luncheon at the District Headquarters, Mobile, Alabama, May 21, 2024. The U. S. chose May as AAPI Heritage Month because it commemorates the first Japanese immigrant from May 7, 1843, and the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869, which was constructed with the labor of approximately 20,000 Chinese migrants. (U.S. Army photo by Jeremy Murray)