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[sid] => 1486
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[aid] => mick
[title] => Ode to the Coho
[time] => 2002-07-31 06:51:39
[hometext] => The Koho are the remnants of a Montagnard
tribe who fought on the side of South Vietnam and the U.S.. They were promised in the final days of the war that they would be brought to America when the U. S. withdrew from Southeast Asia. Thirteen years later when the U.S. honored that promise, the Koho, much like our Cherokee nation had been decimated by forced relocation and assimilation much like our American Indians in the 1880s-early 1900s. [bodytext] => Oh, brave warriors, who fought beside Americans in the highlands of Vietnam. You fought so well you were promised the freedom in our country that was for centuries denied you in your own. So much like our Cherokee are you. Trail of Tears, Broken Promises life and liberty denied, Forgotten by all but a few. Once you numbered four thousand, Now you stand, the noble two hundred. All that was left when the promises were finally kept. Thirteen years too late for most. Even encaged, you still stood proud. Still encaged, you said, we go together or not at all, If one must have been left behind, Two hundred would still remain locked away in a prison camp, instead of here, in America where you belong, One in spirit, now rest in peace. [comments] => 1 [counter] => 277 [topic] => 25 [informant] => Jim_Cundiff [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 8 [ratings] => 2 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => MiscPoems )
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