What is a Congressional Gold Medal
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Introduced by Senator Amy Kloburchar in the United States Senate with six cosponsers
Sen. Ron Johnson [R-WI]* 11/09/2023 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]*11/09/2023 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]*11/09/2023 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]*11/09/2023 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]*11/27/2023 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]* 12/19/2023 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]* 01/08/2024 and introduced in the United State House of Representatives by Representative Gary Peters with zero cospongers on Nov. 9, 2024, the Act was passed and signed by President Biden awarding the Hmong one of the most cherished medals that can be given to an American Citizen. Unfortunately S. 3271 and H.F. 2427 has proven to be controversial in that the Veterans and Southeast Asian Communities have identified a glaring error and has generated several letters to the Congressmen who introduced and cosponsered the bill. The Bill awards the Hmong, a smaller ethnic group from Northeast region of Laos the award. The bills language attributes the Hmong as defenders of the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Unfortunately this is totally incorrect. Aparently the research used is erroneous as the Hmong operated in Military Region 2 in Northeastern Laos far north of the Ho Chi Minh trail head which is located directly east of Vinh, N.Vietnam in the central areas of Military 3, Laos ( see map). This has disappointed those veterans who actually did defend and operated along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. For more information about the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the Hmong and the Secret War in Laos please visit: https://www.cavwv.org/laos-the-secret-war.html |
1). Mispelling of Ho Chi Minh Trail
2). The Hmong never operated near the Ho Chi Minh Trail |
(see Ho Chi Minh Trail)
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