Lau Sing Kee
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Lau Sing Kee
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Lau Sing Kee was a World War I recipient of the United States Army's Distinguished Service Cross and France's Croix de Guerre for extraordinary heroism in combat, the first Chinese American to receive these honors. Later, he was a businessman and civic leader in New York City's Chinese community. In 1957 he was convicted and sentenced to two and a half years in prison for selling false documents to aid in the evasion of the then discriminatory restrictions on Chinese immigration to the United St
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American soldier and businessman (1896–1967)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lau_Sing_Kee
date created:
2021-03-10T04:44:02Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T16:24:22Z
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