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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The Clovis Cemetery District wants to grant a conception of the seasoned assemblage that has gone mostly unrecognized.
A bluish prima is utilized to signify work successful the United States Military: Hmong, Lao, Thai and different taste groups, who helped U.S. subject forces during the Vietnam War.
Chairman for the District's Board of Trustees Jim Linenbach says these vets merit the aforesaid respect arsenic their American-born counterparts.
"Make definite that they're decently recognized during the ceremonies during the year," helium said.
They're appealing to the assemblage to guarantee they get the designation they deserve.
"Families and anyone who knows wherever 1 of the veterans person been interred truthful that we tin instrumentality attraction of that, get their bluish prima on, connected their headstone," Linenbach said.
Clovis Mayor Vong Mouanoutoua is Hmong and says "Secret War Veterans" are overlooked acold excessively often.
He says that they person fallen unfortunate to warring 1 of the astir arguable wars successful United States history.
"Because it was 'secret,' not, nary 1 tin speech astir it. No 1 knew that we were warring there," Mouanoutoua said.
The politician says these foreign-born veterans were captious to the U.S. warfare effort.
"We volition grant them successful adjacent footing similar each of the American veterans. That's immense for us, for the Hmong veterans, for the Secret War veterans, due to the fact that nary 1 has ever fixed that," Mouanoutoua said.
If you cognize a Secret War Veteran who should beryllium recognized for their service, you tin interaction Boua Cher Vang astatine 559-250-9761.
