Talk:Nguyen Quy An

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Nguyen Quy An article.
Please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes (~~~~). Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic. New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Ask questions, get answers. This is not a forum for general discussion about the article's subject.	Be polite Assume good faith No personal attacks Be welcoming	Article policies No original research Neutral point of view Verifiability

This article must adhere to the policy on biographies of living persons. Controversial material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted or if there are other concerns relative to this policy, report it on the living persons biographies noticeboard.

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography. For more information, visit the project page.	Biography Portal
Start	This article has been rated as start-Class on the project's quality scale. [FAQ]

	This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical task forces. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.
Start	This article has been rated as Start-Class on the quality scale.
Additional information and associated task forces: This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-Class status: Referencing and citation: not checked Coverage and accuracy: not checked Structure: not checked Grammar: not checked Supporting materials: not checked To fill out this checklist, please add the following to the template call: <!-- B-Class-1. It is suitably referenced, and all major points have appropriate inline citations. --> |B-Class-1=yes/no <!-- B-Class-2. It reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies. --> |B-Class-2=yes/no <!-- B-Class-3. It has a defined structure, including a lead section and one or more sections of content. --> |B-Class-3=yes/no <!-- B-Class-4. It is free from major grammatical errors. --> |B-Class-4=yes/no <!-- B-Class-5. It contains appropriate supporting materials, such as an infobox, images, or diagrams. --> |B-Class-5=yes/no Associated task forces (general topics): Military biography task force Associated task forces (nations and regions): Southeast Asian military history task force United States military history task force

	Vietnam Portal This article is part of WikiProject Vietnam, an attempt to create a comprehensive, neutral, and accurate representation of Vietnam on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page.
Start	This article has been rated as start-Class on the quality scale.
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the importance scale.

[edit] King helped Vietnamese rescuer remain in U.S.

By AMY RABIDEAU SILVERS asilvers@journalsentinel.com

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=557085 Posted: Jan. 24, 2007

No matter that Ronald C. King had met the South Vietnamese army major only once. Their meeting was not the kind that anyone could forget. King was alive because of Maj. Nguyen Quy An.

So when An was fighting to stay in the United States with his daughter, King was among those who came to his rescue.

"I'll hide him somewhere if it gets that bad," King said in 1996, speaking of the possibility that An might be deported. "But I don't think it will." King proved to be right. More logical bureaucratic measures prevailed. An was allowed to stay in the United States.

King, who had a history of irregular heart rhythms, died of an apparent heart attack Sunday. He was 60. Paramedics later contacted his daughter, telling her how they tried to keep him talking and conscious en route from his home in West Allis to the Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

"They said he talked about fishing with his daughter, and how proud he was of me," said Jennifer Frolow, his only child. "And then he became unconscious. They couldn't revive him." In interviews as the An case was being debated, King told the story of the rescue. It happened in January 1969. King was an Army sergeant who volunteered for a secret mission to Laos. "We were in no man's land," he said of the mission.

Their helicopter was shot down. King and three other soldiers were told that nobody would come for them. An did. The South Vietnamese officer was awarded a U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross. One year later, he lost both arms when he was shot down in another combat mission. Years later, An was trying to make a case that both he and his daughter should be allowed to stay in the United States, saying that she supported him financially.

"This guy worked with the United States," King said. "I really think he should stay here. And (government officials) can't expect his daughter to go back to a country like that." King was born and raised in Milwaukee. His own father died when he was only 3, and his mother later remarried.

"He didn't graduate from high school," his daughter said. "He enlisted in the Army in 1966." King served about 1- 1/2 years in Vietnam, including as a door gunner on helicopter missions, and left the Army in 1972.

Years later, he would still experience some flashbacks. "He really didn't like the booms of the fireworks for the 4th of July," Frolow said. But he also remembered looking up into the sky on quiet nights in Vietnam. Even on a rainy night, he could think his own thoughts.

"He didn't really talk about the war too much," she said. Back home, King worked as a welder for the Milwaukee Road and later with Loomis Armored transport runs. He last worked as a machinist.

"He loved to fish," she said. "He taught me to fish when I was 3 or 4 years old and, ever since then, we went fishing two or three times a month."

In addition to his daughter, survivors include sister Judy Children and grandsons. The funeral was held Wednesday. Burial will be at 1 p.m. today at the Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Union Grove. Military honors are planned.Bnguyen 17:19, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Diacritics

Name needs diacritics. Badagnani (talk) 03:25, 21 February 2008 (UTC)