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YOUR SUCCESS

 

Muaj lub zoo sam xeeb ua peb ib tsoom Hmoob tau tuaj txog rau lub tebchaws muaj kev vaj haum sib luag. Cov tub  ntxhai ua lawv muaj lub laj lim tswv yim zoo lawv muaj peev xwm kawm tau mus txog rau lawv tus bau suav thiab lawv txoj kev ntsaws, lus English hai tias reached you goal, tsi tag li lo tseem muaj coob leej tau tus ua tseem mus tsi txog qhov twg kiag vim lawv tsi muaj lub caij nyoog mus kawm li lawv lub siab nyiam. Qhov tseem ceeb ua lawv mustsi tau li lub siab xav ma vim nyob rau lub tebchaws nov nyia yauv tau mus nrhiav nyia noj nrhiav nyiaj lo them nqi vaj nqi tsev rau tej me tub menyuam kom tau noj yog li nov lawv thiaj li tsi muaj lub caij nyoog mus kawm ces pab nov kuj yog ib feem ntawm cov poob qab.

Cov ua lawv muaj kwv muaj tij coob ho sib pab sib txhawb pab nov kuj mus txog rau lawv lub zeem muag lus English hai tias"dream" qhov nov kuj yog ib theem  ntawm cov mus txog rau nws tus npau suav

 

 

Chaws Txov siav

 

lub zos  txov siav. Looj ceeb yog ib lub nroog ua Vaj Pov lawv tuas neeg coob kawg raws li cov lau tau tham qhia hai tias ntawm lub qab pob tsua  ntawd lawv tau tuas cov neeg tuag coob heev rau thaj sam ntawd yam tsi fau  tsi tag li nej saib raws sab xis  rau pem lub pob tsua yog qhov chaws kaws neeg thiab lawv muab cov neeg coj tuaj tua rau ntawm nej pom ib qhov chaws lawv ua chaws ncaws pob tej chaws ntaws yog chaws tua neeg nkau xwb. Raws li cov lau tau tham qhia tseg hai tias lawv tau tua neeg ma yeej tsi fau li lawv cia tuag ziab tshav rau bua noj xwb yog tus tuag tsi muaj neeg txheeb zes mus saib mus muab fau ces yeej tsi muaj neeg fau li.

Cov luv piav nov tsi yog lam hai phem tsi zoo rau Hmoob lub neej yav tag lo tab si muaj tseeb yuav tau muab sau cia ua puav pheej rau tej me tub menyuam ua lawv tsi paub txog lub neej yav tag nyob rau Looj Ceeb thiab Pham Khaum.

Qhov chaws tua neeg loj tshaj plaws ces yog pham khaum. Cia muaj caij li piav txog tej chaws ua killing field ua lub caij Vaj Pov tseem ua tus tuav phaj 2.

peb tej kwv tej tij raug tau pov tseg coob lej ntau tus nyob rau Looj Ceeb lo yog nyob rau lwm thaj chaws Looj ceeb tsi yog ib qhov chaws zoo lo si ib lub zoo nroog rau Hmoob nyob  Hmoob muaj kev ploj tuag coob kawg kiag cov raug tuas pov tseg lo muaj cov mob tuag lo muaj cov mus ua tub rog tuag lo muaj. Nruab hnub hmo ntuj ma tsua hnov qeej nruag nrhov tsi tseg.

Muaj txoj Hmoo ua tau khiav tawm lub nroog Looj ceeb tuaj lawm ces tej kev ploj tuag thiaj li tsi tshua muaj lawm. Lub caij ntawd luag tsua hai dictator ship, leej twg hai tsi tau ib lo lus yog luag hnov txog ces vaj pov lawv yuav tsum  tau txib cov neeg killer tuaj ntes coj mus tuas yam tsi muaj kam txiav txim hai tias nws txaum lo tsi txaum.

Txoj kev txiav txim ces yog lub mos tswv xwb. Cov kwv tij hmoob tos peb hmoob tsi muaj chaws nrog luag nyob lo vim peb cov neeg yog dev caum nqaij rau luag xwb, luag kom muab tus twg tuas ces tus  ntawd ploj ntsej muag lawm. yog nej cov ua ib txwm tuas neeg rau thaj tsam piav txog no nej yauv paub thiab nco tau hai tias koj tus kheej tua neeg rau  thaj tsam koj pom ntawd coob npaum li ca.

Thiab koj pua muaj qhov hlub thiab khuv xim tus neeg ua koj muab tuas pov tseg yam tsi khuv xim nws txoj sia. Ua li yog lawv tuas koj ne, koj ho xav li ca thiab? tus phooj ywg ua koj yeej tuas neeg tuag coob heev nyob rau Looj Ceeb thiab pham Khaum ntawd koj tseem muaj txoj sia nyob lo koj twb tuag lawm thiab?

Raws li paub ma cov tuas neeg coob heev ntawd tuag tag lawm tsi tag li lawv tseem tham hai tias muaj ib tug yog Hmoob xeem Muas xwb nws tseem nyob rau Nroog Fresno, tus nov lo yog ib tug tub txib ntawm lub caij tuas neeg heev2 nyob rau Looj ceeb.  Qhov lus hai nov yog rumor xwb tsi paub tseeb cia hnug paub zoo tso mam li qhia qhov tseeb rau nej tej me tub menyuam ua nej niam nej txiv raug VP lawv tua

 

Reunited continue

 

Lieutenant Ya Lee salutes Lieutenant General Eric E. Fiel before he receives his service award at the first formal reunion ceremony of T-28 or "Chao Pha Khao" Hmong pilots who contributed to the U.S. war effort 40 years ago when they flew over Laos in the U....

For the first time since their fighter pilot days in Laos, the surviving members of the "Secret War's" best-kept secret gathered Saturday in one spot -- in Maplewood, of all places -- to receive a public and official thank-you from the U.S. military.

In a rare ceremony, 38 elite Hmong fighter pilots, who flew alongside Americans during the Vietnam War, were awarded personal letters of appreciation signed by the U.S. Air Force's Chief of Staff, Gen. Norton Schwartz. Of those awards, 21 were posthumous.

"All Hmong aviators represented something greater. They became a symbol of the Hmong people, people's resolve to live free. And they were a source of inspiration for both the Hmong people and the American servicemen," Lt. Gen. Eric Fiel, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, told the packed hotel banquet room. "Today we recognize the Hmong aviators who weathered many storms, braved walls of artillery, kept a steady hand on the stick, surfing the skies. ... On behalf of General Schwartz, I thank you very much."

As honored and moved as the Hmong pilots were by the special recognition, their biggest thrill may have come from seeing one another after nearly four decades. Thirteen pilots made it to the reunion. Like the Air Force tribute, they said, the reunion was long overdue.

"I'm happy with that. It's just a bit too late, in my opinion," Ya Lee, 59, a pilot from Vadnais Heights, said earlier this week about the recognition. "Many of my friends sure did a lot more than me. They're not here to see it."

The last time flier Yia Kha saw his old friend Lee was in an overcrowded refugee camp in Thailand. It was 1975, and they had fled to Thailand after U.S. forces left Laos. Those who had fought with the Americans against the pro-Communists were in danger in Laos.

Like most of the surviving pilots, they eventually resettled in the United States -- Kha in Pennsylvania and Lee in Mississippi. Lee, 59, recently moved to Minnesota.

Last Wednesday, the day Kha arrived from Pennsylvania, the two friends stood inches apart at the Hmong Village shopping mall in St. Paul.

"Aw, what's up, man? Long time coming to see," Lee said, greeting his pal with a handshake and a pat on the back. Kha grinned, then stepped back to size up his friend. "He's changed a little bit," he said, playfully pointing to Lee's biceps. "He's a muscle man."

They were joined by pilot Phong Yang of Maplewood, who helped organize the reunion. The trio's mini-reunion at the Hmong Village kicked off a weekend of reminiscing for the pilot crew, once known by their code name -- "Chao Pha Khao" or Lords of the White Mountains.

'Fly until you die'

From 1967 to 1975, five waves of Hmong men completed a U.S. training program in Southeast Asia, where they learned to fly T-28 propeller planes and helicopters. In all, 38 men swore to "fly until you die" and became part of the Hmong fighter pilot squadron.

Under the leadership of legendary Gen. Vang Pao of the Royal Army of Laos, the Hmong pilots flew many times a day in Laos during the U.S.-led covert war against pro-Communist forces. They bombarded the Ho Chi Minh Trail -- the Viet Cong supply route -- and provided cover for ground troops. They also helped rescue downed pilots and assisted U.S. forces in communicating with Hmong allies.

More than half of them were killed in action.

"If you look at what they did, they're really, really brave guys, said Mike Martin, public affairs specialist for the Air Force Special Operations Command. "Their operations tempo -- how many missions they were doing -- it's amazing. They were really fighting hard."

Back in Laos, the pilots were like a family. Here in America, they keep in touch by phone and exchange pictures, but they hadn't all been together since leaving Laos in 1975. "Many of us still have to work for a living and we live far apart," Lee said.

'It's long overdue'

The idea for Saturday's reunion was born when one pilot, Kha, was honored in 2010 at the Pentagon. He received a certificate of appreciation and congratulatory words from Gen. Schwartz himself.

"We're here to remedy something that wasn't done right, to acknowledge the service of our partners many years ago," Schwartz told Kha at the ceremony. "Certainly I would call them battle buddies. It's long overdue."

Kha, the general noted, distinguished himself as a particularly courageous flier who many times ignored his own personal safety. One mission in particular stands out. An American pilot was suddenly in need of a Hmong "backseater" to fly with him and help in a dangerous rescue mission of a downed U.S. pilot.

Kha, then known as Robin '09, volunteered to fly with American pilot Craig Duehring into a heavily contested zone. Duehring went on to serve as assistant secretary of the Air Force and was key to finally getting all the pilots recognized.

Eve Vang, whose father, Maj. Lee Lue, was a legendary pilot who flew thousands of missions before being shot down in 1969, was moved to tears while watching a video. It showed old photos of the Hmong pilots with cocky smiles standing proudly next to their planes. She said she was struck by how much her father and the other young Hmong men had to overcome to learn how to fly so quickly.

"These pilots were teachers. They were farmers. They didn't know anything about guns or flying," she said. "It shows they had potential."

The sound of champagne corks popping echoed across the room as the pilots toasted their fallen buddies.

At the close of the ceremony, they already were talking of more reunions -- only this time, they vowed, they would not wait so long.

Allie Shah • 612-673-4488

Thaum sib ntsib tag lawm

Thaum lawv tuaj sib ntsib tag lawm lawv tau lo noj ib rooj mov ua kes zoosiab tau tuaj sib ntsib  yam lom zem thiab zoo siab tshaj plaws ua tau 37 lub xyoo dlau los

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Koom Haum koom haiv, tau sawv lo txhim kho Hmong thoob America thiab nyob thoob qhov txhia chaws ua muaj Hmoob nyob. Lub tswv yim ntawm Dr. Shoua Yang & Dr. Shoua Thoj nkawv 2 lub zeem muag nov yuav coj peb hmoob mus 2 cauj ruam lawm tom ntej.

2 Lub zeem muag ntawm 2 tug Dr. nov yog zoo hom phiaj heev ua peb Hmoob sawv daws yuav tau koom siab sib pab sib ntxhawb kom mus cuag peb Hmoob lub zeem muag.

Muaj ntau pab ntau paws ua lawv tau khav tau thuam hai tias, sim saib seb Hmoob lub hom phiaj yuav mus txog rau qhov twg. Tej lus lawv tau hai nov ma yog vim tsi lo koom tes lo sib pab sib txhawb ces nyob tom vaj tom tsev  thaum nkau xwb qhov nov tsua yog tus neeg ntawd xav xwb tiam si peb cov pej xeem puav leej koom tes lo txhawb nqa lub zeem muag nov kom tawg poj txis txiv  rau Hmoob tej tub kiv ua tseem yuav yug lo rau tom ntej. 

 

Thov ua tsaug ntau rau Dr.Shoua Yang & Dr. Shoua Thoj.

Keeb kwm Hmoob nyob rau Tebchaws Suav, hai txog thaum ub Hmoob thiab Suav sib tua lo ua ntus zus lo txog rau thaum kawg. Tus hai yog Yeupheng xiong. Caws mloog tau!!

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