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Growing up on Manhattan s Lower East Side in an immigrant family, Fang Wong looked up to military service members. When he received a military scholarship in 1969, he beamed with pride.
It was the Vietnam War era and instead of waiting to be drafted, Wong enlisted. He was initially sent to Germany as an Army private before serving in Vietnam from 1970 to 1972. We enjoy the freedom of this country, Wong, of East Brunswick
, said on Monday. It s our duty to serve. You can t just take. You give.
Under sunny skies, the now-73-year-old and other Asian American service members joined more than 100 community members for the first ever National Day of Solidarity