But Mineta, widely liked and respected in Washington for his deep knowledge of transportation issues, managed to escape the brunt of that criticism. In 2006, he resigned at age 74 after 5 and 1/2 ...
The first time a young Norman Mineta saw his dad cry was the day Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. The second was when his family was put on a train headed for a WWII internment camp. In my mind, the name ...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Norman Mineta, who broke racial barriers for Asian Americans serving in high-profile government posts and ordered commercial flights grounded after ...
Eighty years ago this month, a 10-year-old American boy from San Jose, California, was loaded by armed U.S. Army soldiers onto a train heading to Los Angeles. With him were his four siblings, also ...
Norman Mineta, who broke racial barriers for Asian Americans serving in high-profile government posts and ordered commercial flights grounded after the 9/11 terror ...
Norman Mineta was 10 years old when he and his family were shipped to Heart Mountain Relocation Center (search) in Wyoming. Mineta, whose father came to the United States to farm sugar beets, ...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Norman Mineta, who broke racial barriers for Asian Americans serving in high-profile government posts and ordered commercial flights grounded after ...
Norman Mineta, who oversaw the Department of Transportation during the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, died on Tuesday afternoon. He was 90. “My dad passed away peacefully Tuesday afternoon at ...