By: Ashley Ritchie
Ge Thao of Fresno can not help but choke back tears as he talks about the death of his beloved leader, General Vang Pao.
"I had a broken heart now. He is our leader, he brought us here and now, we just invisible emotional stage, "said Ge Thao Xaochan translated by his son.
Thao Thao Tulou son translated for his father, who during the Vietnam War, fought alongside General Pao and saved his life.
"The soldiers wanted to capture principle, and who knows, perhaps kill, and I went in, found an escape route for the general, it was important, and he fled to safety. So they m ' arrested and tortured me for 48 hours, "said Ge Thao Xaochan.
The heroic act of Ge Thao has the general who ultimately go to America and after that here in the valley, where as many as a symbol of freedom of worship.
Others disagree.
"You can not expect everyone to you. But as a person, I think the general has lived a good legacy. He lived his life and he is someone that we should always treasure and respect. To be someone, you have respect for those before you. Hmong Anyone who does not meet the general, I doubt not much room for them either "Toulu Thao, Thao Xaochan Ge son said.
But as a guide, as many General Assembly of the dead to ask questions about the future.
"I do not know who will lead us and I wonder," said Thao Xaochan Ge.
And smother the fire with his eyes still tears, I ask Ge Thao, has proposed a return to date on the battlefield if he saved her life to General Vang Pao.
I asked him if he would do it again.
"I joined the military service in 1953, when it happens again, I would not mind stepping up and save it again," said Thao Xaochan Ge.
Thao said he credits for a generally able to bring his family here.
He said he thinks it will take some time for the Hmong community, to truly mourn and move forward.
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