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35
Years in US
It is ironic that the furor over the new Arizona law
on immigration coincides with the 35th anniversary of the fall of
Saigon and the flood of immigrants into the United States that
followed.
In 1975, millions of South Vietnamese fled communist
oppression. Many of these refugees left with only the shirts on
their backs. They spoke no English, and they had no jobs.
Look at them now. Their names are found on the list
"Faces of the Fallen" – those who fought and died in Iraq and
Afghanistan. They served side by side with us in Vietnam. They serve
in our federal, state, county and city governments. They are our
judges, our doctors, our dentists, our pharmacists, our nurses and
our engineers. They are our priests and nuns. They work at our
polling places during elections. They are successful business men
and women and are good neighbors.
These people excel in school, love our country, speak
English fluently, demand no special rights and privileges, pay their
taxes, serve on our juries and carry their civic burdens.
Last Fourth of July at Mass I was touched firsthand
by the patriotism and gratitude of these people. That day an elderly
Vietnamese grandfather with his three grandsons sat next to me. Each
wore a red tie, white shirt and blue pants. They were proud to be
Americans.
Thank you, God bless you, we appreciate you.
Jerry Mazenko
Garden Grove
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BolsaTown:
35
Years in US
"Vietnamese, the Great Pride"
Beside
more than 10,000 Medical doctors and researchers, who are taking
care of the US population, here are some Vietnamese Americans
serving our country:
US Col. Viet Trong Luong
Col. Viet Luong, commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st
Airborne Division, came to America in 1975 as a refugee from
Vietnam and is the first Vietnamese-American to command an Army
combat brigade. (AP News)
Lt. Colonel Son Phi Vo
Barely escaped from Communism at the 25th hour of the fall of
South Vietnam 33 years ago, the Vo's family made their way to Guam
where they were later admitted to the United States as Political
refugees.
The
Vo's family is now living at Miami, Florida. (MichaelDo's site)
US Navy Commander Hung Ba Le
Le piloted the USS Lassen on Saturday, Nov. 7 into Danang, home
of China Beach. This was where U.S. troops frequently headed for R&R
during the war, which ended on April 30, 1975, when the southern
city of Saigon was taken by communist troops from North Vietnam. (NW
Asian Weekly)
Dr. Huu
& Dr. Diep Trinh
The scientist
couple at NASA in Huntsville, Alabama.
(NASA/MSFC/D. Higgenbotham)
Colonel Ngoc-Thuy Do
US Navy
Egene H. Trinh, Ph.
D.First Asian NASA Astromaut (1995)
Dr.
Egene H. Trinh Ph.D. NASA
Astronaut.
Dr. Trinh is also the Director of the
Physical Sciences Research Division in the Biological
and Physical Research Enterprise at
NASA Headquarters
*
Duy-Loan
Le
(born
1962,
Vietnam)
was the
first
woman
and the
first
Asian to
get
elected
to the
rank of
Texas
Instruments
Senior
Fellow
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Leader of the development of TI's Digital Signal Process products, including one recognized in Guinness World Records as the fastest single-core DSP in the world.
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Accumulated 24 patents, all earning places in Texas Instruments' Hall of Fame.
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Top 20 Houston Women in Technology in 2000
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Women in Technology Hall of Fame in 2001
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National Technologist of the Year at the Women of Color Conference held in Atlanta in September, 2002.
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Director of Board of National Instruments
* Cai Văn Khiêm. “Chief Division Technologist” of Hugues
Aircraft Company.
Vice
President, System Engineering at
Telasic Communications Inc
He holds more than 30 US patents with several
additional patents pending.
* Dr. Anh Duong, the developer
of a bomb (Called thermo-baric bomb) efficient at killing America's
enemies in Afghanistan's caves. As a result, fewer American soldiers
have had to enter those caves to engage Osama's fighters.
*
Trung C.
Doan,
Vice
President
of
Micron
Corporation
with 132
US
patents,
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