had begun, a fight to survive. the laotian government set to the task of hunting down the hmong. many hmong escaped into the jungle. from there they went to refugee camps in thailand, eventually some ended up in what would have been the most unlikely place they could have imagine minnesota. if you think i made that sound too easy, i certainly did. so i m going to sit down and eat and eat at the hmong town marketplace in st. paul. this is the owner of the marketplace, and boy, he s got a story to tell. i ll sit down so i ll be like a regular human size. so we are going to be eating some hmong food. and there s an unbelievable amount of food here. to the mng style pulled pork with vegetables to something called egg rolls and much much more including papaya salad.
once the american military pulled out of vietnam for the united states the war was effectively over, but for the hmong, a people who had turned on their own government, a new fight has begun a fight to survive. the laotian government set to the task of hunting down the hmong. many escaped into the jungle. many went to refugee camps in thailand many with the u.s. in their sites. some ended up in what could be the most unlikely place to imagine, minnesota. if you think i made that sound easy i certainly did. i m going to sit down and eat and eat at the hmong town marketplace in st. paul. this is the owner of the marketplace. and, boy, he s got a story to tell. that s why we ll sit down. i ll be more like a regular human size. so we are going to be eating some hmong food. okay. there is an unbelievable amount of food here.