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    Asian American Local Leader Shows Army Scars: 'Is This Patriot Enough?'

    After referencing a history of discrimination he's experienced, West Chester Board of Trustees Chairman Lee Wong removed his shirt to show scars he got while he was in the military.
    by Matthew S. Schwartz Mar 27, 2021 1 minute
    West Chester, Ohio, Board of Trustees Chairman Lee Wong bares his chest at a meeting Tuesday. Those scars, suffered during his U.S. military service, are "proof" of his patriotism, he said.

    Ever since Lee Wong came to the U.S. after graduating from high school, he has faced questions about his patriotism.

    It started, he , when he was a college student in the 1970s, and a white man attacked

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