{"id":54411,"date":"2014-08-07T10:00:51","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T14:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=54411"},"modified":"2014-08-07T07:54:09","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T11:54:09","slug":"armys-1st-vietnamese-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=54411","title":{"rendered":"Army’s 1st Vietnamese General"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Andy sends us a link to the Associated Press<\/a> which reports that the Army has promoted the first Vietnamese-American General, Viet Luong, at Fort Hood, Texas; <\/p>\n

Luong and nine other family members escaped South Vietnam on a flight during Operation Frequent Wind in 1975. After a stay at a resettlement camp in Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, the family settled in Los Angeles, the Killeen Daily Herald reported.<\/p>\n

Today, he is the 1st Cavalry Division deputy commanding general for maneuver and the first Vietnamese-born officer to reach the position of general staff or flag officer in the U.S. military.<\/p>\n

“The journey was arduous,” he said after his wife pinned his new stars on him.<\/p>\n

“I don’t like to tell that story too much. I’m deeply humbled. I do have some responsibility … to tell the story of our nation and what it stands for,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From the Killeen Daily News<\/a>;<\/p>\n

“Viet and sisters are Americans now by choice,” said Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, commander of III Corps and Fort Hood and reviewing officer for the promotion ceremony. “He has served this great nation honorably over the last many decades. … There’s no one in uniform today that epitomizes what it takes to be an American soldier more than Viet Luong.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think the general’s comments are unfair to the millions of Americans who wear the uniform, but I see his point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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