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How My Chinese Uncle Became an All-American Hero
Fighting to be an American in World War II
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13 min readFeb 25, 2022
My uncle Herb was an American war hero. Except, he was Chinese. The explanation for this seeming contradiction will sound familiar to many immigrants, but it came as a shock to me. Born and raised an American, I took my family’s right to U.S. citizenship for granted…