Some surprises here.....:00x22
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-08-15/most-commonly-spoken-language-your-state
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-08-15/most-commonly-spoken-language-your-state
most common language spoken in your state other than English and Spanish
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Hmongs in Minnesota
Hmongs in Minnesota
I looked into this one having a special interest having served in Vietnam (Mekong Delta). In my time (1970-71), I saw counterparts from South Korea(especially bad-ass), Laos, Cambodia.
The Hmongs, an asian culture resided in the mountainous areas of Vietnam, Southern China, Laos, and Thailand. The Laotian faction was recruited by the CIA during our "misguided adventures" in the Vietnam era.
Staunch allies, they sided with us against Communism.
From Wikipedia..
In the early 1960s, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) Special Activities Division began to recruit, train and lead the indigenous Hmong people in Laos to fight against North Vietnamese Army intruders into Laos during the Vietnam War.
It became a Special Guerrilla Unit led by General Vang Pao. About 60% of the Hmong men in Laos were assisted by the CIA to join fighting for the "Secret War" in Laos.[46][47] The CIA used the Special Guerrilla Unit as the counterattack unit to block the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the main military supply route from the north to the south.
Hmong soldiers served in combat against the NVA and the Pathet Lao, helping block the Hanoi's Ho Chi Minh trail inside Laos and rescuing downed American pilots.
As inhabitants of the more mountainous regions of Laos, the Hmong people earned a special place in the hearts of American combat soldiers because of their strong support for the United States in its fight against the North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao communist forces.
After our defeat in Viet Nam, 1975, the Communist Pathet Laos annihilated over 100,000 of the estimated 400,000 Laotian Hmong.
Many Hmong refugees resettled in the United States after the Vietnam War. Beginning in December 1975, the first Hmong refugees arrived in the U.S., mainly from refugee camps in Thailand; however, only 3,466 were granted asylum at that time under the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975.
In May 1976, another 11,000 were allowed to enter the United States, and by 1978 some 30,000 Hmong people had immigrated. This first wave was made up predominantly of men directly associated with General Vang Pao's secret army.
It was not until the passage of the Refugee Act of 1980 that families were able to enter the U.S., becoming the second wave of Hmong immigrants.
Today, 260,073 Hmong people reside in the United States, the majority of whom live in California (91,224), Minnesota (66,181), and Wisconsin (49,240), an increase from 186,310 in 2000.
Hmongs in Minnesota
I looked into this one having a special interest having served in Vietnam (Mekong Delta). In my time (1970-71), I saw counterparts from South Korea(especially bad-ass), Laos, Cambodia.
The Hmongs, an asian culture resided in the mountainous areas of Vietnam, Southern China, Laos, and Thailand. The Laotian faction was recruited by the CIA during our "misguided adventures" in the Vietnam era.
Staunch allies, they sided with us against Communism.
From Wikipedia..
In the early 1960s, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) Special Activities Division began to recruit, train and lead the indigenous Hmong people in Laos to fight against North Vietnamese Army intruders into Laos during the Vietnam War.
It became a Special Guerrilla Unit led by General Vang Pao. About 60% of the Hmong men in Laos were assisted by the CIA to join fighting for the "Secret War" in Laos.[46][47] The CIA used the Special Guerrilla Unit as the counterattack unit to block the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the main military supply route from the north to the south.
Hmong soldiers served in combat against the NVA and the Pathet Lao, helping block the Hanoi's Ho Chi Minh trail inside Laos and rescuing downed American pilots.
As inhabitants of the more mountainous regions of Laos, the Hmong people earned a special place in the hearts of American combat soldiers because of their strong support for the United States in its fight against the North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao communist forces.
After our defeat in Viet Nam, 1975, the Communist Pathet Laos annihilated over 100,000 of the estimated 400,000 Laotian Hmong.
Many Hmong refugees resettled in the United States after the Vietnam War. Beginning in December 1975, the first Hmong refugees arrived in the U.S., mainly from refugee camps in Thailand; however, only 3,466 were granted asylum at that time under the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975.
In May 1976, another 11,000 were allowed to enter the United States, and by 1978 some 30,000 Hmong people had immigrated. This first wave was made up predominantly of men directly associated with General Vang Pao's secret army.
It was not until the passage of the Refugee Act of 1980 that families were able to enter the U.S., becoming the second wave of Hmong immigrants.
Today, 260,073 Hmong people reside in the United States, the majority of whom live in California (91,224), Minnesota (66,181), and Wisconsin (49,240), an increase from 186,310 in 2000.
The only silver lining from that entire war was the immigrants that came to the US as a result. Speaking from personal experience those groups have definitely given more to the US (culturally, spiritualy, economicly) than they have taken.
