So says Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, who went on to say that “unity is our strength.” I fail to see the contradiction that he does.

Women’s Airforce Service Pilot Hazel Ying Lee, killed in the line of duty, 1944.

Baron Friedrich von Steuben, who played a major role in training Washington’s Continental Army, was gay.

Sen. Daniel Inouye, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Medal of Honor.

Navy veteran Tammie Jo Shults, who, in 2018, brought her Southwest Airlines passenger jet safely in after an engine had exploded in mid-flight.

Henry Johnson, 369th Infantry, “The Harlem Hellfighters.” When Johnson and a comrade were attacked by twelve Germans in May 1918, he defended his friend in hand-to-hand combat, killing or wounding several Germans with a bolo knife. He was awarded a Croix de Guerre with a Gold Palm, the highest French decoration for bravery.

Lt. Col. Bree Fram is an astronautical engineer with the U.S. Space Force. She is transgender.

Sgt. Jose Mendoza Lopez was born in Mexico. Below is his Medal of Honor citation.

A view of Filipino immigrants from the Arroyo Grande Herald-Recorder, March 1934:

How Filipionos responded:

https://www.militarymuseum.org/1FIR-SLO.html