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# Holiday for Heroes: Yonas Hagos
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/lidia-celebrates-america/extras/lidia-celebrates-america-holiday-heroes-yonas/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:52:50.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T08:47:13.000Z
- Description: Lidia talks and eats with retired army staff sergeant Yonas Hagos, and his mother.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Lidia Celebrates America, #ZZZ_Show_73725357-5345-4d91-b1dc-7769ddf28616, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_dae47f87-0d63-49e8-886a-377e4731ef81, #extra

Yonas Hagos (Yorkville, IL) is a retired army staff sergeant who came to the USA from a refugee camp in Sudan at 10 years-old; he is also a Purple Heart recipient. In this clip Lidia tries Yonas's mother's wonderful cooking.