Hmong Involvement In Vietnam

The book, The Latehomecomer, is a fascinating story about a Hmong family and their struggle to get out of Laos and come to America as refugees. The Hmong people are a very proud people and they do not want to forget their culture. One can clearly see that the Hmong people hold close their identity and do not want to conform to the Vietnamese way. They take pride in their culture, their society, and the way they view how government should run. Hmong people did not agree with the Vietnamese communist government and were willing to join forces and help the United States as much as possible so that they could fight for what they believed in. Even though most of the young men and boys that fought in the war died in battle or were

Unfortunately, Vietnamese Americans make up only a small percent of the total American Population today. There are many stereotypes associated with the Vietnamese, but the truth is, we really know very little about their culture. After the Viet Nam War, many Vietnamese citizens immigrated to the United States to escape political Prosecution and poverty. Faced with a variety of obstacles and

Growing up without parents is a rough task, but growing up without parents amongst a raging war is absurd. Having to run and hide in fear as your village is raided by North Vietnam soldiers is something no one should have to experience, but to those such as my dad, who has experienced this, it can be terrorizing. My dad grew up in the little town of Long Cheng, Laos living day to day struggling to survive. Living conditions for the lower class in Laos was already harsh enough, but when the Vietnam War broke out in 1961 these conditions got even worse. My father and many other Hmongs in Laos were in great danger of the communist armies.

Life after the vietnam war was and is still today terrible because of not only laos and vietnam but because of the americans who abandoned them. A lot of hmong people moved to minnesota, 10% of the population in saint paul is hmong. Hmong people who stayed in Laos are still being killed today for what happened almost 50 years ago. life in Thailand is no longer a safe refuge for the hmong

During the Vietnam War, Hmong soldiers fought on the side of the United States against the Pathet Lao, the communist faction in the country. When the Vietnam War ended and the U.S. pulled out of the region, the Pathet Lao took control of Laos and persecuted the Hmong for being disloyal (Fadiman 1997). Hmong resisted forced assimilation at the hands of the communist government by fleeing to temporary

The Hmong people do not call any one country home, but have relocated several times throughout history due to war and political oppression. An article published in the Journal of Multicultural counseling and Development finds that the Hmong primarily lived in Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand. They had a great impact in helping western forces during the Vietnam War, and wars in Laos in efforts to end Communism. The article continues and describes how many tried to escape from Laos; those that survived settled in refugee camps that had terrible living conditions. (Tatman, 2004). Although the Hmong are diffused around the world, their distinct cultural traditions and customs create a strong cultural identity. After discussing of the traditions and social customs of the Hmong culture learned through two different interviews, the cultural traditions and social customs will be compared and contrasted with European-American culture, and will be concluded with the impact that Hmong culture has on today’s society.

Social scientists believe that there are anywhere between six and seven million Hmong around the world. The Hmong never had a country that they could call their “home” country and to this day this is still the case. Until relatively modern times, the majority of the Hmong people resided in the mountains of Southern China, Laos, Thailand, and northern Vietnam. As an ethnic group, the Hmong are fascinating in this sense. Today there is a large Hmong population in the United States. However, unlike a majority of the other Asian American communities present in America, the Hmong reached American soil through much difficulty and hardships. As observed in the experiences of many other immigrant groups, becoming a part of American society is not an easy task. In order to understand the circumstances of Hmong Americans today, one must comprehend the different political, economic, and social pressures that may have aided or hindered these people’s integration into American society. The first part of my paper will consist of a brief background of the Hmong. Grasping the background will allow for a thorough analysis of the reasons for Hmong immigration and the issues that they may have faced attempting to establish their own individual identity in the United States.

Vietgone and Miss Saigon both center themselves around the Vietnam War but differ vastly in their portrayal of that conflict, and its effects on their characters. Both works tell the story of a romance that has been complicated by war and conflict. Vietgone stylizes the story of the playwright Qui Nguyen’s parents, who met in the United States in the aftermath of the Vietnam War and portrays a specific individual take on a historic event. Miss Saigon, however, reworks the opera Madame Butterfly, to fit the context of the Vietnam War without much commenting on the war itself or offering the perspective of a Vietnamese person who experienced it.

In the early 1960 with the war happening in Vietnam, American troops were landing in the outskirts of Laos, where at that time between 300,000 – 400,000 hill side villagers were living; these people were known as Hmong. Without much knowledge of the location, and with the guerilla warfare used by the Vietcong, the CIA recruited the Hmongs to help counter the Vietcong and to block off the Ho Chi Minh Trail, this war was known as the Secret War. This caused the war to eventually be pushed into Laos which was a neutral nation at the time. In return, the U.S promised to provide supply and support; however the Hmong were simply fighting for their freedom to live peacefully. When the U.S pulled out of the war, the communist were able to take over the

Lee, 73 years old, a U.S. citizen said, "I am sad that many Americans still don't know the stories of Hmong veterans and how they took part in holding back the communist Vietnamese from reaching the American soldiers in the south." During 2012, Hmong veterans wanted to be buried alongside with their American comrades as a reminder of who they are and who they served for. Chue Chou Tchang said, "We were American soldiers fighting alongside American soldiers, we fought like brothers. We died together. Coming to this country, we'd like to rest with the American soldiers that fought with us." All they wanted was just a bit of recognition as helpers in the Secret War but people still don’t know who or what the Hmong people are. More than 25,000 Hmong soldiers died while fighting with the Americans. (“The “Secret War” of Vietnam…”). "Many think they are economic refugees, They're not. They're allies. They were the hands and feet of Americans in Laos, which is part of the Vietnam War no one knew about (Iwasaki)." said Noble, who transported many of the Hmong as a pilot for Air

She is a Hmong from Laos like her parents and family. They have to learn their ways of living and their beliefs but also learned to fit in with the American society including their Hmong Culture. They were all living in different parts of the United States. Some people might not agree with their beliefs because they came here as refugees from their homeland Laos. Because in the 1970s, war and conflict caused many of the Hmong people in Laos to flee to refugee camps (Yang 53). She was born in one of these camps and she moved with her family, including her older sister Dawb, to Minnesota in 1987 (Yang 53). Yang started to go to school in the U.S. and she struggled because she was not used to her

The Hmong were a tremendous Help to the Americans in the Vietnam war, they had shown the Americans where to go and aided them in gunfights, they helped heal some men who had injuries. Many Americans who were injured had aided by the Hmong people. The Hmong who consequently supported the American Military was called a terrorist. In return, they helped the Hmong, the bomb called the yellow rain dropped and killed a huge amount of innocent Hmong and died. The Yellow Rain was designed to kill the northern Vietnam army but had a large widespread killed radius (BOFFEY). The U.S couldn’t stop the war and brought some of the Hmong to America to help and ignited a new life trying to free them from their misery, hell, and torture. The Hmong held a parade

In the 1960s, to the 1970s, the U.S. entered the war with the South Vietnamese against the Vietcong (which is known as the Vietnam War), but there was also an unknown ally that backed the United States during this time. They were the Hmong. “For thousands of years, the Hmong” was a self-sustaining, remote group of people who lived in the mountains of Laos (“The Split Horn: The Journey”). The Hmong were able to stay out of conflicts with others until the Vietnam War literally reached their doorsteps, in which forcing the Hmong people out of their homeland and had them seeking refuge in the U.S.

Many of the Hmong were lost in Southeast Asia hiding from people who supported the northern Vietnam political view, families were torn apart and lives were destroyed. Despite the war, Hmong people were categorized as Asian instead Hmong. It was hard for people to understand that the

When discussing the Vietnam War, our Southeast Asian Refugees of the "Cold" War class only covers its major impacts to either the Vietnamese, the Americans, the Chinese, or the Soviets. Other ethnic groups, such as the Hmong, are ignored or given less attention. The Vietnamese, the Americans, the Chinese, and the Soviets were not the only key players in this war; the Hmong, the Lao, and the Thai people were also involved. Often, these groups of people’s contributions and struggles during the war are not acknowledged. Incidentally, one memoir written by Kao Kalia Yang, a Hmong refugee, successfully provides a representative scope of the brutal impacts that this war left on the Hmong refugees. The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir is a remarkable novel about Kao Kalia Yang and her family’s experiences as