Why I wrote the book Since 2005, I began compiling information about the Hmong experience. I was amazed by the richness of our history. In 2006, I wrote a brief chronology of the late General Vang Pao’s life. This idea turned into a book that I wanted to compose for the General. This did not materialized until 2010. My goal was to complete it by 2011. In November 2010, he signed a consent letter authorizing me to write this book on his behalf. I wanted to finish this manuscript hoping he would see the final work. I was a year late. He passed away in January 2011 while majority of the researched information was being organized for publication.

This 290-page, hard-cover book contains a brief biography, quotes, and photographic illustration of the General Vang Pao’s life and legacy. What inspired me to write it was to understand, preserve, and educate the public about his 67 years of public service. This commitment distinguished him as one of world’s longest public servants who had served his people, his country, and the lives of those he had touched along the way. Therefore, this is a special tribute dedicated to his lifelong leadership and career. I fervently believe that within this work he will always be remembered as a great hero, and a contributor to freedom and democracy in Southeast Asia and to the Hmong people worldwide.

Book coming late 2011. Independently published. Distributed in the United States of America.

A personal note While designing this book, I have cried so many times because we have loss a great person and leader in the Hmong community. He was dear. He was genuine. He loved and cared for everyone. What we do for ourselves die with us, but what he did for others during in his lifetime will always remained with us. And this book is a part of my tribute to remind us of the legacy he left behind