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Article: The Real Right Stuff: GI Joe of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- October 31, 1996
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He's just another guy. You'd pass him in the Safeway and never
look twice. You wouldn't know he's an American hero.
Of course he'd seriously object to any such designation, and
probably wouldn't have given me an interview if he'd known I'd call
him that. His name is Joseph Ichiuji and he lives with his wife,
Susie (or Asako, take your pick), in a nice house up in Bethesda --
a perfectly mild-mannered, soft-voiced retired Agency for
International Development accountant in gray sweats with a "Dior"
logo stamped on the jacket, 77 winters at his back, and pictures of
his beloved grandchildren all over the living room.
Like the rest of us Americans whose origins reach here and
there ...