R HOY: Yeah, that's right. A HOY: You really didn't get more detailed about the story until I was maybe 11. How would you describe it to me now that I'm 19?

No hoy. Yeah, it's different not actually clocking into work. Not counting hours is both a little nerve racking and suspiciously liberating. You kinda just focus on tasks, ...

R HOY: Yeah. It was all about saving a life and not taking a life. A HOY: You know, I remember you have one really long scar down your middle and a couple of stitched-up holes in your side.

On this week's StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative, Richard Hoy speaks to his daughter, Angel, about being a Chinese-American medic in the U.S Army.

On this week's StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative, Richard Hoy speaks to his daughter, Angel, about being a Chinese-American medic in the U.S Army.

On this week's StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative, Richard Hoy speaks to his daughter, Angel, about being a Chinese-American medic in the U.S Army.