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Hmong Recognition Day should be May 14 from SHR poll

Created on Tuesday, 23 June 2009 23:23

The question was “what date Hmong Recognition Day should be, May 14 or July 22?”  There was total of  203 voted on Suab Hmong poll.  143 voted yes to have Hmong Recognition Day on May 14, 52 voted to have Hmong Recognition Day on July 22, and 8 voted that they don’t care about what date it will be.

Personally, Hmong Recognition Day should set to May 14.  It is the day Hmong left Laos to begin life in other countries and it stands for a historical event for many Hmong generation to remember.

In the state of Wisconsin, May 14 is an official day for Hmong Day. 

Article from laoveteran.com
About April 1975, the United States withdrew its troops from Indochina. During May 12-14, 1975, the CIA/Air America evacuated about 2,500 Hmong officers and their families from the secret base at Long Cheng in Laos (Headquarters of General Vang Pao--the combined base for the Hmong, CIA, Air America, and U.S. Air Force "Ravens"). They were evacuated to the U.S. former air base in Namphong, Khonekene, Thailand. The rest of the Secret Army (Special Guerrilla Units {SGU} and other special units) who were left behind began to walk to the Mekong River and attempted to cross into Thailand. The Communists killed thousands of these soldiers and their families. During the evacuation, and in subsequent years, thousands of Hmong and Lao veterans and their families were killed by communists North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao security forces. Thousand died of starvation as they fled toward the security and freedom on the other shore of the Mekong River. Thousands drowned in the river before reaching the Thai border. Even today, despite official denials at senior levels of the Pathet Lao government, the communist regime in Laos continues to persecute and discriminate against Hmong because of their role in the U.S. Secret Army.