During the Vietnam conflict, a young American junior senator turned his back on the Montenyards, who helped the U.S. military at every turn. Then most of the Hmong tribes people were slaughtered by the Viet Cong for their participation with U.S. troops.
Thanh"s family were among the dead. Then Thanh and a group of refugees braved the Pacific Ocean in a rag-tag fleet of flimsy boats. Half of them died at sea. Boats broke apart and sank, drowning the occupants. Sharks attacked. Thanh"s overcrowded vessel and two others barely made it to friendly waters off Hawaii. Fishermen rescued them. Thanh stayed, eventually gaining American citizenship and fulfilling a dream of becoming a Honolulu Police Officer.
While U.S. veterans were being compensated for their grave health issues caused by Agent
