Tag: veteran
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Derek Chauvin: What we know about the officer at center of George Floyd’s death
The officer at the center of George Floyd’s death has been identified as Derek Chauvin, a 44-year-old who is a 19-year veteran with Minneapolis Police Department. The office of lawyer Tom Kelly … Read Full Article
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Survival Story
From a cinematic perspective, Minneapolis-based filmmaker Bryan Vue found that Gran Torino, the 2008 Clint Eastwood and Bee Vang film in which an old, bitter Korean War veteran befriends a Hmong … Read Full Article
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2 men killed by suspected drunk drivers identified including MU dean
Authorities have identified two men struck and killed by suspected drunk drivers in Milwaukee as a military veteran who overcame homelessness and a Marquette University business school dean. The men … Read Full Article
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Military veteran wants to be Appleton’s mayor
WHBY News is talking with all eight candidates leading up to the primary. Outagamie County’s leader is raising concerns that some in the Hmong community could be deported. There are reports that the … Read Full Article
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Vietnam War class at Vanguard gives students window into veteran experience
“I never wore socks again,” he said. That was not the only lesson Hanks, 66, learned while he served in U.S. Air Force in Laos, where he advised the Hmong people by fighting the Pathet Lao, a … Read Full Article
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WATCH: New legislation would create a Hmong Lao veteran’s day
Hmong veterans who served during the Vietnam War are hoping to receive recognition during a new veteran’s day, created specifically for them. Hmong veterans who served during the Vietnam War are … Read Full Article
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Sheriff’s Deputy Hires His Gangster Brothers To Gun Down His Wife’s Lover
Steven Lo, 39, was discovered shot in the head outside his own garage in the early morning hours of Oct. 15. A motive for killing the 13-year veteran corrections officer and respected member of the … Read Full Article
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Proposal To Provide Benefits To Hmong Veterans
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – New legislation has been proposed in the Wisconsin State Assembly to extend state veteran benefits to Wisconsin’s Hmong veteran community. The legislation is sponsored by … Read Full Article
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Shilling Co-Authors Veteran Tax Credit Bill
Shilling recently introduced the Hmong Veteran Recognition Bill that would expand the definition of veteran Wisconsin statutes to include individuals who served in Special Guerilla Units during the … Read Full Article
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Proposed Hmong Veteran legislation
You might say radio is in my blood. I started in the business when I was 19 (that was a while ago) and I have been at Midwest Communications since 2007. Having lived in Northeast Wisconsin my entire … Read Full Article
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Valdosta veteran part of Vietnam presentation
They were participants in “Operation Waterpump”, a recently declassified mission where a group of Hmong people were trained by U.S. agents to fly T-28 military aircraft in support of the Vietnam War. Read Full Article
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Area Hmong veteran thankful for new Hmong Veteran bill
WAUSAU (WAOW) — Hmong veterans could soon see benefits decades after the Vietnam War. Currently, they don’t qualify for the same benefits as U.S. veterans. Even though the Vietnam War ended over 40 … Read Full Article
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Hmong Veteran bill would give state benefits to refugees
La Crosse (WXOW) – It ended more than 40 years ago, but veterans of the Vietnam War still live with the effects of serving their country. Hmong-Lao veterans entered the U.S. as refugees and were not … Read Full Article
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