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Chia Sẻ Sinh Hoạt: Tượng Đài Đá one’s life for one’s friends” (Jn 15:13). We have great
Đen Di Động đến các Tiểu Bang admiration for those who died for the just cause of
freedom. Their ultimate sacrifices will never be in
vain.
Remark by Thoi Xuan Tran, former National President of
the Vietnamese American Community (VAC), President, An American Vietnam veteran once told me that the
Thu Duc Fellowship, at the event program “Welcome the
most difficult thing for him was feeling that what he
Traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in
rd
Washington, D.C.,” Saturday June 23 , 2018, Minnesota did in Vietnam was all in vain. He was made to feel
State Capitol Grounds. shame when he returned home instead of proud of
Bức tượng Đài Di Động Tưởng Niệm Chiến Sĩ Hoa Kỳ what he and his brothers and sisters had done. He
hy sinh tại chiến trường Việt Nam được trưng bày qua struggled with that feeling for over 40 years, until one
các tiểu bang. Nhân dịp bức tường di động đến Minne- day after visiting the Vietnam Wall, his sister asked
sota, chiến hữu Trần Xuân Thời, nguyên chủ tịch Cộng him: “Why do you think you went to Vietnam? His
Đồng Việt Nam tại Hoa Kỳ, đại diện Công Đồng Việt response was: “To prevent the spread of communism
Nam và các đoàn thể dân, quân, cán, chính, tri ân các in Southeast Asia and throughout the world.” Her
chiến sĩ đã hy sinh oanh liệt trong cuộc chiến chính
response was: “How do you know you didn’t.” That
nghĩa chống Cộng sản xâm lăng. Bản Tin xin chia sẻ bài made him think that the sacrifices made by his broth-
phát biểu của chiến hữu chủ tịch Trần Xuân Thời trong
ers and sisters were not in vain. Maybe they could
buổi lễ trước Minnesota State Capitol.
not prevent the subjugation of South Vietnam by the
communists, but they did keep Thailand, the Malaysi-
an peninsula, the Philippines and others from falling
under communist domination.

He also said the hardest thing he had to do in Vi-
etnam was to leave his brothers behind when he ro-
tated back to the United States knowing many more
would never return.
Thank God we have learned not to blame the warrior
for the war. Nothing will make up for the way our
Vietnam veterans were treated when they got home,
but at least they are honored now rather than des-
Dear Vietnam Veterans, pised. He told me that nothing compares to being
thanked by second and third generation Vietnamese
Thank you Twin Cities Public Television for the oppor-
Americans for what he did for them in Vietnam. It
tunity to be here today to honor and express our pro-
makes up for a lot of pain that he felt over the years.
found gratitude to all Vietnam Veterans who had to
leave their families, friends and home, to travel half- Vietnam has more than 4,800 years of history, in
way across the World and help fight for the freedom of which for one thousand years Vietnam was under Chi-
Vietnam. The Vietnam veterans fought so gallantly nese domination and with French colonial connection
side by side with the Republic of Vietnam and allied from 1862 to 1954. The Geneva Accords in 1954
armed forces for trying to help keep Vietnam free. We signed by Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, China,
will never forget your sacrifice. and Viet Minh divided Vietnam into two zones: a
southern zone to be governed by the State of Vi-
For the families whose members are missing in action,
etnam, and the northern zone to be governed by Viet-
or died in Vietnam, words cannot say what is in our
namese Communist rebels.
heart, nor tell you how deeply we feel for you in your
sorrow. “There is no greater love than to lay down The Vietnamese Communist rebels violated 1954 Ac-

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