Tonight. It is amazing to have worked with them over the last few weeks in putting together this event. Dede is an attorney. And this makes me really, really proud, she will enter the Army Jag Corps actually this friday. This is really her last big event in civilian life before shes joining jag. And she will ship out to ft. Benning on friday. So that is it. See her, you know, goodbye to civilian life here for a while. And then we have thao, also a u of a alum, with a masters from the kent school of social work. She came to louisville as a refugee, as well, with her family in 1994. So without further ado, please welcome our two moderators and im looking forward to an exciting evening. Thank you, daniel, and the university of louisville for sponsoring tonights fantastic program. Can you guys hear me okay . Okay. Good. Ladies and gentlemen, my name is dede and my colleague right here, her name is thao. Were not related. Its just a very common last nail. We are both with moving voices. Mov
Do. I really liked school very much but i pretended i didnt. And of course, when the car came, that was the end of my formal education. Tell us what happened. Well i guess the danger signals were flying high in the summer of 1939 by and large i must say it was ignored by my family. I was aware with my mother in a place called krin its sha. I remember my very first incident, which is by fear. My mother and i went to a concert and i remember setting quite vividly. There were flowers around and im not very musical but something caught on that date and i remember the crowd of people sitting there and flowers and it was very warm. That day one of those golden days of summer as i see it now. And suddenly, a young man came running up to the podium and pushed the conductor aside and said how can you all sit here listening to music when danger is coming from there and pointed to the separated us from czech slovakia. Why dont you go home and take up arms. I remember moving closer shouldnt we go
Good. Ladies and gentlemen, my name is dede, and my colleague right here her name is thao. Like professor said were not related. Its a common last name. We are both with moving voices. Moving voices we have its our mission to bring more attention to the South Vietnamese perspective. We want people to know that South Vietnam fought bravery and risked everything for freedom. Unfortunately, its often a perspective that is overlooked in our public discussion about vietnam war. So we are so thrilled to be the eded eded tonight to help the university of louisville put together the untold tales of the vietnam war from a vietnamese perspective. We have a great panel of speakers here with us. They serve in South Vietnam. Also known as the republic of vietnam. They have Amazing Stories of the vietnam war, and their journey to kentucky. Im going to introduce our speakers. Starting on the left is dr. Gary tran. He was a cabinet member and vice minister of agriculture for the republic of vietnam un