Posted on 08/31/2005 2:49:51 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Bump!
38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. Matthew 24:38-39
BTTT
Great lede. Great story.
And rhis is exactly the sort of generosity I'd expect from the Vietnamese in America. Most over the age of 40 remember arriving here with nothing, and many having survived a terrible and dangerous journey.
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And just look at what the Freedom Loving Vietnamese had to go thru just to get here...
...or NOT:
Pictures of a vietnamese Re-Education Camp
http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308949/posts
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Thanks. We should never forget.
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Thanks for the ping!
In my wife's family, half a dozen or so went for "reeducation." Two are permanently cripped as a result.
Many of her friends' husbands here in the States had been pilots or other RSVN officers, and most of those guys did 16 years (it always seems to be 16 for some reason).
My duty in Viet Nam required me to live in a small poor village and protect the people. To this day I am amazed by the kindness I witnessed there. They took care of each other.
My duty in Viet Nam required me to live in a small poor village and protect the people. To this day I am amazed by the kindness I witnessed there. They took care of each other.
Me too. That being said we have PLENTY of Vietnamese immigrants here in Silicon Valley. Yes, we have a few Vietnamese gangbangers, but they are overwhelmingly wonderful people. Very industrious, studious, and glad to be here!
Great story. American immigrants giving back...helping those who need it most. Thanks for posting.
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Please thank your wife's family for its LOVE of FREEDOM and for being the shining example
for the rest of us to follow in a new time of war...
...with our own FREEDOM directly at stake here at home.
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