The Frightened Vietnamese Kid Who Became A U.S. Army General : Parallels : NPR

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"The Frightened Vietnamese Kid Who Became A U.S. Army General

Brig. Gen. Viet Luong of the 1st Cavalry Division came to the United States in the 1970s after his family fled Vietnam in the waning days of the war there. He's now leading the effort to train Afghan soldiers to fight the Taliban.

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Luong made a decision on that carrier deck. "People might not believe that, but, I knew right back then that I want to serve our country," he says."

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