CBC News; Orange County Tribune, 4/16/22; Nguyen, CC Liu, Crystal Q. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Vietnamese are in North America because the USA followed France's colonial adventure in South Asia with a disastrous and illegal war that mired the nation for years (Thuan Le Elston). |
Black April observed Saturday in OC, California
Will Vietnam refugees ever fit in? |
Members of the public are welcome to attend, and the event includes remarks from elected officials, a moment of silence, and the presentation of a memorial wreath.
American soldiers have fun torturing (waterboarding) enemy "g**k" as CIA trained them to do. |
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US had lots of bombs to get rid of for private profit. |
As many as 250,000 South Vietnamese soldiers [with many, many more innocent civilians in Vietnam, Cambodia (that led to the Cambodian genocide), and Laos (Operation Menu), who were all subjected to illegal bombing and other US war crimes] and nearly 60,000 American soldiers died during the U.S. War on Vietnam.
Vietnam War, 1970: CBS camera rolls as invading platoon comes under fire by those defending their country
Cambodia was nearly destroyed by US bombing |
Leading up to the ceremony, the city flies the South Vietnamese flag at half-staff at the Vietnamese-American War Memorial (to honor our dead and ignore the deaths our country caused) at Sid Goldstein Freedom Park from April 23 through April 30.
At its upcoming Wednesday, April 27 meeting, the City Council is expected to proclaim April 30, 2022 as Black April Day in commemoration of the 47th anniversary of the fall of Saigon.
For more details about the event, visit westminster-ca.gov or call the Community Services Department at (714) 895-2860. Source
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