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DIỄN VĂN CỦA ÔNG PHẠM HÙNG MINH,
CHỦ TỊCH CỘNG ÐỒNG NGƯỜI VIỆT QUỐC GIA
TẠI CLARK COUNTY, VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON

Ban Biên Tập: Ngày 31 tháng 5 năm 2021, America is the only nation that is willing to
hội Community Military Appreciation lead the fight against communism. Our service
Committee (CMAC), Vancouver, WA tổ chức men and women have courageously fought
Lễ Chiến Sĩ Trận Vong (Memorial Day and died so that over a billion of peoples
Ceremony) tại Fort Vancouver National around the world can live free.
Historic Site, WA. Như các năm trước, CMAC 38 years ago I escaped from Vietnam. I
đã mời các hội đoàn cựu quân nhân các quân spent three days without water on a disabled
binh chủng VNCH, và cộng Đồng Người Việt boat in the Pacific Ocean and I almost did not
Quốc Gia tại Vancouver, WA, và Portland, OR survive. That experience has taught me that
cùng tham dự tưởng niệm và vinh danh các freedom is not free and that not only have
quân nhân đã phục vụ, chiến đấu, và hy sinh many of our service members paid for it with
để bảo vệ tổ quốc và lý tưởng tự do. Dưới đây their lives, but we may also have to risk our
là diễn văn Anh ngữ của ông Phạm Hùng own lives to be free.
Minh, Chủ tịch Cộng Đồng Người Việt Quốc
Gia Clark County, Washington. Many of you have fought in Korea,
֎ Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan and some have
lost friends or family members. That
Good morning! I am honored to be up experience has left emotional scars for many
here today.
of us.
Today, people throughout the country gather For me, I saw a soldier who was killed
together to remember, to honor, and to pay by Viet Cong when I was 8 years old, and that
gratitude to those who have served and gave image still remains with me to today. I cannot
their lives for our country. forget it but I use it to remind me of the

Our military service members come danger and the hardships that our service men
from different backgrounds and many have and women are facing everyday around the
made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. world. It makes us appreciate and admire all
They protect this great nation which is a the service members who have sacrificed to
beacon of freedom for the peoples around the protect us.
world, especially those who are living under As a way to honor our fallen heroes, we
the communists ruling. can get more involved and support our troops.
I have lived under the communist We need to do our best daily to continue to
government and I have seen the people suffer. build and support not only our troops but to
They took away properties of the people and guide the next generation on how wonderful
left people with little foods to eat. They forced freedom is in America and it needs our
people to live in the jungle and many did not protection to keep it great.
survive. They took away the dignity of the Thank you.
people and many still live in fear today.

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