Who is Wesley Ko from The Greatest Generation and what is their importance?

Wesley Ko is born in Philadelphia. He is the son of Chinese immigrants. He is one of the first to land in Normandy on D-Day as a glider pilot and helps to liberate the Wobbelin concentration camp. After the war, he opens a printing business with his brother and a friend. He tries to relocate the business and it fails when he is in his seventies leaving him with a #1.3 million loan. He secures a job and works to pay it off, and retires at the age of seventy-six.