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Vietnam War In 1955, it is about 8,000 miles from the United States in the tight and far jungles of South Vietnam. Although the United States slowly entered Vietnam in the 1950s, the full placement of war units began in 1965.
The struggle was soon spread by Laos and Cambodaya, CIA recruitment and exercising thousands Hmong people To fight on behalf of Americans during an operation known in Laos “Hidden war.“
However, efforts to stop the spread of communism in Southeast Asia failed on April 30, 1975 by the fall of Saigo when US troops evacuated the country. According to the National Archive, more than 58,220 Americans were killed in the war.
3.5 million Vietnamese people, including soldiers on both sides of the conflict and civilians, were killed.
More than 80,000 Hmong soldiers Like 20,000 Lootian, refugees were killed.
Gov. Anderson’s relocation plans
Minnesota has a rich history that welcomes refugees against the state and was between the first 10 states across the country by the end of the war.
In October 1975, Minnesota, Gov, had the largest number of Southeast Asian refugees in Midwest. Wendell Anderson.
But the governor thought, long-term, how will these refugees get the services needed in the state? What help will you need in the future? They fitted and succeed with a completely different culture and language?
Minnesota Star Tribune through the Storm Green / Getty Imager 
In December 1975, in 1981, in December 1975, he became the Office of Refugees Programs in 1981. Office, Lutheran, social services and American Red Crosses, churches and community organizations, helped their new homes together with groups.
Anderson also created Office Service Organizations, Vietnamese-American Union, Cambodian Refugee Union, Welfare, Employment Services and Education Departments, Business Services and Education Departments, the Office’s refugee task team.
The task forces did two main jobs: provides information about the southeast Asian houses in the state and provide information on classes, programs and recent laws and refugee society.
The task forces will make an effort to eliminate the racial discrimination, to hire prejudice and language barriers to refugees when they arrived in Minnesota.
The best estimates indicate There are more than 16,000 Laotian immigrants in Minnesota today; More than 33,000 Vietnamese immigrants; And about 12,000 immigrants in Cambodia.
About 95,000 Hmong Immigrant and Minnesota is the largest concentration of Hmong in America.
This story is part of Pauleen Le documentary “Vietnam 50 years later: reflection in the war that replaced Minnesota“
On Tuesday, May 7, May 7, for a special selection in the Concordia College in St. Paul – for a special selection in the center of Hmong Research:
- Buenger Education Center (bec)
- 1282 Concordia Avenue, St. Paul, mn 55104
- Participants are very advised to park in A, Carroll Street or Syndicate Street
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