Men Such As These

George Will introduces us to 91-year-old Susumu Ito, a Japanese-American who proudly fought for his country while his parents and two sisters were living in a U.S. internment camp.

After the war, Ito rejoined his loved ones, who had lost everything. He became a professor of cell biology and anatomy at Harvard Medical School. He retired in 1990 but still goes to the lab several days a week.

Such cheerful men, who helped to lop 988 years off the Thousand Year Reich, are serene reproaches to a nation now simmering with grievance groups that nurse their cherished resentments. The culture of complaint gets no nourishment from men like these who served their country so well while it was treating their families so ignobly. Yet it is a high tribute to this country that it is so loved by men such as these.

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This guy ought to have a post office named him.

UPDATE: As I recently wrote about Tuskegee Airman Luther H. Smith:

Whether you’ve ever heard of Luther Smith or not, having your local post office named for him is a good thing.

The man flew 133 combat missions for his country at a time when his country treated him like a second-class citizen.

It is never a bad thing to be reminded of the humble patriotism of such wonderful men.