Kim Young-Oak, a Korean American, America's war hero

Kim Young-Oak

Found this out pretty late. But MSN selected very famous war heroes of US history for memorial day a few weeks ago. One of them, surprisingly and amazingly, was Kim Young-Oak, a second generation Korean American during Korean War.

He pretended that he didn't speak Korean so he could join infantry instead of becoming a translator. Over time, he became the first Asian American to command a combat battalion. Hell yeah!

Source : http://specials.msn.com/A-List/Lifestyle/Famous-war-heroes.aspx?cp-documentid=28881272&imageindex=14&cp-searchtext=Young-Oak%20Kim%20Korean%20War&FORM=MSNIIT