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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
December 19, 2019 - Introduced by Senators Smith, Carpenter, L. Taylor and
Larson, cosponsored by Representatives Brostoff, Stuck, Tusler,
Horlacher, Stubbs, Tittl and Bowen. Referred to Committee on Senate
Organization.
SJR80,1,1 1Relating to: declaring December 8, 2019, to be General Vang Pao Day in Wisconsin.
SJR80,1,32 Whereas, General Vang Pao was born on December 8, 1929, and died on
3January 6, 2011; and
SJR80,1,54 Whereas, General Vang Pao participated in the resistance efforts after the
5Japanese invaded and occupied French Indochina in World War II; and
SJR80,1,76 Whereas, after World War II, General Vang Pao was recruited by the French to
7combat the Viet Minh and the Communist Pathet Lao; and
SJR80,1,98 Whereas, General Vang Pao was the only ethnic Hmong to attain the rank of
9general in the Royal Lao Army; and
SJR80,1,1210 Whereas, General Vang Pao commanded the Royal Lao Military Region 2, a
11special guerrilla unit, from 1960 to 1975, with support and training from the U.S.
12Central Intelligence Agency; and
SJR80,1,1513 Whereas, General Vang Pao's army saved hundreds of American pilots whose
14planes were shot down in Northern Laos, protected the U.S. radar system at Phou
15Phathi, and stopped the communist troops from crossing the Ho Chi Minh Trail; and
SJR80,2,2
1Whereas, an estimated 35,000 Hmong soldiers and tens of thousands of
2civilians died in Laos during the Vietnam War; and
SJR80,2,43 Whereas, General Vang Pao immigrated to the United States after the
4Communist Pathet Lao seized control of Laos in 1975; and
SJR80,2,75 Whereas, thousands of Hmong refugees followed in General Vang Pao's
6footsteps and bravely escaped persecution and repression in Laos and resettled in
7the United States; and
SJR80,2,108 Whereas, General Vang Pao was admired for his work in establishing a
9nonprofit organization called Lao Family Community to help Hmong and Lao
10refugee families; and
SJR80,2,1311 Whereas, General Vang Pao was respected for his efforts in forming the Lao
12Veterans of America, Inc., for the thousands of former ethnic Laotian and Hmong
13veterans and their families living in the United States; and
SJR80,2,1514 Whereas, General Vang Pao is revered by many in the Hmong community for
15his leadership and so many accomplishments; now, therefore, be it
SJR80,2,18 16Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the Wisconsin
17Legislature commemorates the life and service of General Vang Pao and declares
18December 8, 2019, to be General Vang Pao Day in Wisconsin.
SJR80,2,1919 (End)
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