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HONOR FOR A 98-YEAR-OLD
SACRAMENTO COUNTY MAN.
JOE CHEW IS BEING AWARDED
THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.
I WANTED TO THANK HIM FOR
HIS SERVICE, AND HONOR HIM WITH
THIS VERY PRESTIGIOUS AWARD.
THAT'S COUNTY SUPERVISOR
FROST ACKNOWLEDGING HIM AT A
MEETING.
SHE WAS BORN IN 1921 HIS FATHER
IMMIGRATED TO THE U.S. TO FLEE
PROSECUTION IN CHINA.
NOW HE ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE
IN THE EARLY 1940s.
IN RED BLUFF I WAS BORN AND
RAISED.
THERE'S FIVE CHINESE FAMILIES.
AND MOST THE BOYS WENT INTO THE
SERVICE AT THAT TIME.
AFTER THE WAR HE HELPED TO
RUN HIS FAMILY'S RESTAURANT AND
