Huan Nguyen, the new Navy rear admiral was my sister's math tutor when they were at Oklahoma State in 80-81. They remain good friends to this day. On his way to his assignment couple weeks ago he stopped by Dallas to visit my mom and sister.
Huan Nguyen, who came to Oklahoma 44 years ago as a political refugee, takes the oath of office for rear admiral during an Oct. 10 promotion ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial & Heritage Center in Washington, D.C. (U.S. NAVY PHOTO)
During the 1968 Tet Offensive, Nguyen’s father, an armor officer of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, mother and six siblings were shot and killed by Viet Cong communist guerillas in their family home outside Saigon. Nine-year-old Nguyen was shot in the arm and thigh, with another bullet piercing his skull, but, amazingly, survived.
A few days later, the communist rebel leader responsible for the killings, Lem Nguyen, was captured. Hearing the cowardly and heartless massacre committed by Lem Nguyen, then Brigadier General Loan Nguyen, pulled out his revolver and summary executed Lem Nguyen at point blank. The image was captured by Eddie Adams and seared into the American public opinion. The story of why Lem Nguyen met his death was never mentioned and the American press quickly condemned the action of Brigadier General Loan Nguyen as barbaric. The photo became an icon of the brutality of an unwinnable war and helped galvanized the anti-war movement.
https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=111160
http://littlesaigoninside.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-circle-life-of-navy-captain-huan.html
https://oklahoman.com/article/56444...uate-named-first-vietnamese-born-rear-admiral
