Tri An Foundation Inc

In Louisville, Kentucky, a diverse group of citizens led by Yung Nguyen, an immigrant from Vietnam, has conceived this idea of a monument of thanksgiving; a place of special recognition for the tremendous sacrifices the American and South Vietnamese Armed Forces made during the Vietnam War in order to give the Vietnamese people a chance to live in freedom.This citizen's group formed a foundation to develop this concept and to raise private funds to implement it. The foundation's name is “Tri Ân", which means “deep gratitude" in the Vietnamese language.To give meaning to this difficult struggle, it is important for many of the Vietnamese people who fled their country and escaped communist persecution, to show their appreciation to those that helped them during and after the war. They thought it important to recognize the combined contributions of the American, South Vietnamese and other participating Coalition military personnel; and to celebrate the bond that developed between the soldiers from these different countries as they faced a common enemy.It is important to recognize the numerous humanitarian efforts and good deeds done by the U.S. military and the many Americans who went far beyond the call of duty to help the South Vietnamese people.It is important to remember thousands of Americans who are still unaccounted-for after all these years.It is important to remember hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese who died or suffered terribly in the concentration camps set up by the Communist regime.The Tri-Ân Foundation was founded in the hope that the many inspiring stories of these American and South Vietnamese heroes would be better known to everyone of this and future generations.