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| Vannak Khem, left, Cambodian refugee...U.S. Navy Commander Michael Vannak Khem Misiewicz, right / Navy photo |
Friday, December 3, 2010
By Mark Thompson
Time Magazine (USA)
The Navy's Pacific Fleet reports:
U.S. Navy Commander Michael Vannak Khem Misiewicz has visited dozens of ports over the course of his career, but none has ever evoked the emotions that will come when his ship USS Mustin visits Cambodia in December, marking the first time in 37 years that he has returned to the land of his birth.
As a young Cambodian boy born and living in the rice fields outside of the capital Phnom Penh in the late 1960's / early 1970's, Misiewicz – whose birth name was Vannak Khem -- wasn't aware of the political tension building up around him. When his country plunged into turmoil, his family reluctantly gave him up for adoption to a young American woman who worked at the U.S. Embassy, allowing him to escape before the Khmer Rouge regime took over the country, eventually causing millions of deaths in what is known as the “Killing Fields.”
“I know it's going to be very emotional,” said Misiewicz. “I was the lucky one in the family.”
18 comments:
បើចូលទៅលេងស្រុកវិញ កុំភ្លេចយកតុល្លាអោយច្រើនទៅផង ។ ព្រោះថានៅ
កម្ពុជាបើចង់អោយពួកគេមើលឃើញ គឺត្រូវមានចិត្តទូលាយ បើមានតែចិត្តភក្តី តែ
អត់អំណោយ ដៃទទេ ច្បាស់ជាគេនាំគ្នានិយាយដើម
ដូចព្យុះឥឡូវនិងឯង ។
ទោះជាយ៉ាងណាក៏ដោយ ក៏គាត់គឺជា អាមេរិកាំង ។ កុំឲ្យតែភ្លីភ្លើ មើលងាយខ្មែរ ទៅបានហើយ!
Your duty is to clean all Communist killers aways.
I accept with 5:55 PM, If we have never involved with communism under Youn (like Pol Pot said) Cambodia at the present like Singapore or South Korea and the killing fields will be never happed in this country.
Wellcome home Bang Pross.
អា ភ្លីភ្លើ Sihanouk,Polpot,Ho chiminh,Mao Setong,Hun Sen,Ieng Sary,Nuon Chhea,Heng Samrin,Hor Namhong
Hahahahaha
He is not just great, he is the BEST, best example for younger sons of Cambodia which one time was a great Empire in Southeast Asia.
long live viet nam
Great achievement! This is by no mean like 'generals' or 'ek oudoms' that come by the dozens in a batch through corruption or cronyism.
Story like this cannot help, but makes one feels that America is still the greatest place in the world.
I am sure other races such as vietnamese or chinese have had their greatest sons and daughters who benefitted and achieved such greatness in America, but this man and other well-educated Cambodian born sons or daughters proved that they are just capable and intelligent when given equal opportunity to succeed.
vannak set a good example that any one khmer person, when given the opportunity with good home, good school, good society like that of america, can succeed in life. so, there are a lot of potential people in cambodia right now who will excel or achieve something great, whether personal or to society, to country, etc, when steer and guide and give opportunity like everyone else who are privileged in life, etc... yes, everyone of us can be successful in life, some through self-discipline, some through hard work, few through luck, even fewer through inheritance, and so forth. whatever you do, strife to excel in it; we all have this potential, find that route to succeed, ok!
once, you are successful, don't ever forget to help your country, your family, your people, etc to do the same. yes, there are more to cambodia than you and i, really!
ខ្ញុំពិតជាជឿជាក់ថាលោកមិនយកគំនិត្តអគតិតាម
ក្រុមបក្សពួកប្រឆាំងមកដាក់នៅក្នុងចិត្តនោះទេ
បើលោកយកគំនិត្តរបស់បក្សប្រឆាំងមកនិយាយ
ខ្ញុំនឹងមើលងាយលោកអស់មួយជីវិតដោយមិនគិត
លោកជាខ្មែរពាក់កណ្តាលនោះទេទោះជាលោក
បានធ្វើអ្វីមួយឲ្យអាមេរិកាំងក៏ដោយ។
លោកចាំបានទេថាមានខ្មែរមួយចំនួនដែលបាន
ធ្វើធំនៅអាមេរិកហើយបែទៅជាក្បត់ពលរដ្ធ
ខ្លួនឯងបានឲ្យអាមេរិកាំងយកគ្រាប់យ៉ាងច្រើន
ទៅទម្លាក់នៅប្រទេសកម្ពុជាដ៏តួចមួយនៅក្នុងពិភព
លោកយើងនេះ។បើលោកមិនយកគំនិត្យបក្សពួកប្រឆាំងមកនិយាយទេខ្ញុំនឹងពលរដ្ធខ្មែរទាំងជាង
១៤លាននាក់គាំទ្រលោកអស់មួយជីវិត។
Definitely, Navy Cmdr Vannak Khem is a role model of a Khmer refugee successfully resettled in the USA.
This is a good diplomatic gesture for the US to send him to train Khmer Navy personnel for 4 days. I hope this American gesture is not aimed at counter balancing China in the SE Asia area. Cambodia after the Khmer Rouge nightmare should never be used by a super power as political pawn again.
ar-youn and ar-china you must get out from cambodia if you don't soon westen going to kick ass
Vannak you must be strong and don't undereastimad with ar-choy-mray sihaskmuny they never like khmer democracy so watch out we need to kill them first
i hope his important stop in cambodia is bringing the us troup to overthrow hunsen and corupted cpp out of this world. come on only 1 missile attack from the war ship to hunsen mansion. if u have no idea where his resident, just google it.
"I accept with 5:55 PM, If we have never involved with communism under Youn (like Pol Pot said) Cambodia at the present like Singapore or South Korea and the killing fields will be never happed in this country."
7:15, are you fucking retarded? What book have you read to suggest the killing field would not have happened with out Youn? Please go back to school and be an informed individual.
Does he really speak Khmer?
He is so cute as a child!
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