THƯỢNG NGU SĨ ĐÍT ĐEN (DICK BLACK) CHO THẤY 3 TÊN VC NẰM VÙNG NGUYỄN NGỌC BÍCH- PHAN ĐỨC TÍNH và TRẦN MỸ LAN LÀ 3 CON ĐIẾM ĐÃ BỢ CÁI " DICK" - ĐÍT ĐEN NÓI NÓ KHÔNG BIẾT 30-4 LÀ NGÀY NGƯỜI VIỆT GỌI LÀ QUỐC HẬN - NGÀY 30.4 LÀ DO 3 ĐỨA VC NẰM VÙNG ĐƯA VÀO THEO KẾ HOẠCH CỦA VIỆT TÂN NHẰM XÓA BỎ NGÀY QUỐC HẬN 30.4./- Mt68

April 8, 2013

Dear Mr. Nguyen:

Thank you for your email regarding the resolution that I drafted and passed during the 2013 Session of the Virginia General Assembly. That resolution established that henceforth, April 30 will be celebrated as Republic of Vietnam Day in Virginia. The Resolution passed unanimously in the Senate and had only one dissenting vote among the 100-member House of Delegates.

I wrote the resolution in order to create a permanent, and accurate, historical record of the heroism of the South Vietnamese who fought against communist tyranny. The resolution records the vicious savagery of the butchers who eventually captured South Vietnam. It tells how two million people fled the “People’s Paradise” of the bloodthirsty dictator, Ho Chi Minh. It recounts how supplies were cut off, leaving the valiant RVN fighters without ammunition to continue fighting, and how over one million innocent Vietnamese were sent to concentration camps, where a third of them died.

The Asian American Chamber of Commerce gathered a group of former RVN military and police officials at my office to discuss the resolution and ensure its accuracy. I am grateful to Mr. Tinh Phan, its Chairman and to Mrs. My Lan Tran, its Executive Director, for organizing this meeting. I’m also grateful to Nguyen Ngoc Bich, Chairman of the National Congress of Vietnamese Americans, for his leadership within the Vietnamese-American community in the United States, and to Sen. Toddy Puller and to Delegates Mark Keam and Bob Marshall, who each played special roles in enacting the resolution.

We are translating the resolution into Vietnamese, and I hope the resolution can find its way into occupied Vietnam. The people of Vietnam deserve to know that the State of Virginia recognizes how gallantly the South Vietnamese fought and that their sacrifices will not be forgotten.

As a pilot, I flew hundreds of RVN soldiers into battle. As an infantry officer with the 1st Marine Regiment, I fought many ground battles side-by-side with brave RVN soldiers. Before I left Vietnam, I was wounded at the Hoi An River, south of Da Nang. It is my hope that the sons and daughters of the brave men who fought to defend the free Republic of Vietnam will learn the truth as this resolution reaches Vietnamese in occupied South Vietnam and across the world.

Warm Regards,

Richard H. Black

Senator of Virginia, 13th District