The photograph is of a community of Hmong living in the jungle. When the reporters from TIME came a few years back, the people were overwrought with emotions, supposedly believing that it was the CIA, finally coming back to rescue them after 30 years.
Over 30,000 Hmong men and boys lost their lives. When America pulled out of Laos in 1975.
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My ex The Evil One managed an apartment complex before we got together, right about the time the US brought in a lot of the Yards and Hmong that fought for us during Vietnam and she was telling me that within a week after they started moving in they had to replace every oven because they were building fires inside the ovens to cook their food.
My experiences with them were different.
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You know what is so cool about that picture? They're still in uniform, they're still armed and they're still fighting.
ReplyDeleteYes, good point. What a sad war.
DeleteSad indeed. Not the first time. Unfortunately, not the last time either. I missed this one the other day.
ReplyDeleteCan't believe anyone takes our word after '75, but they still do. Amazing.
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