OUR NOVEMBER
2007 EDITORIAL
DENISE HOANG, MD
This month, we would like to introduce to
viewers eighteen individuals who have made outstanding and admirable
contributions to our society:
NAM PHAN On Saturday October 6. 2007, Nam Phan made a
headline in the sports world. After one
minute and 11 seconds in the first round, Nam Phan knocked down Shad Smith at
the Anaheim Convention Center.
NAM PHAN
Fans at this largest convention center on
the West Coast yelled enthusiastically to welcome the new Extreme Fighters
World Championships winner. Nam Phan
was born on March 13, 1983. At the age
of 4, he took martial arts classes. His
continued efforts create an impressive record 13 – 4 - 0 (Win – Loss –
Draw).
SHAD SMITH
Grand Master Ha Quoc Huy is his
Vietnamese martial arts teacher. In
addition, Nam Phan took training in judo, jujitsu, boxing, Muay Thai, and
wrestling. Grand Master Bac Phong Tu Vo
Hanh also has provided him guidance.
Details on Nam Phan are available at http://www.iamnam.com/
Greg Savage of www.sherdog.com had an interview with Nam
Phan after his impressive TKO of Shad Smith.
Asked his opinions on the tremendous support he received prior to the
fight, Nam Phan smiled broadly: “There
were ladies singing Vietnamese anthem.
I cried. I got to win this one,
especially back in my hometown.”
On October 11, 2007, Nam Phan stopped at
Viet Bao www.vietbao.com to respectfully
thank the Vietnamese community for the enthusiastic support. Together with Nam Phan, there were Tam Phan
(his brother), Judo Professor Ha Huyen Thanh and Grand Master Ly Hoang Tung,
President of the General Association for the Development of World Martial Arts
(GADWMA). Website: www.tonghoiptvothuat.net
CAO TRONG LUAT A very handsome and dedicated attorney at
law. As a lawyer specialized in
immigration, he has helped our friends, relatives, and associates in many
complicated cases. Mr. Luat has been a
member of State Bar of California since June 1997.
You can contact him at:
CAO TRONG LUAT
1300 East Main Street, Suite
109E
Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone (626) 281-1222
Fax (626) 281-1830
Email: Vietlaw@sbcglobal.net
ALLEN CLARENCE HASSAN, MD,
JD, DVM
Dr. Hassan is a physician, a
surgeon, an attorney and an educator.
In 1968 he was one of about two hundred US doctors who volunteered to
provide health care for the civilian population in South Vietnam, sponsored by
the American Medical Association.
In his book FAILURE TO ATONE – The
True Story of a Jungle Surgeon in Vietnam, he wrote: “Until the Volunteer Physicians in Vietnam
program was terminated in June1973, it needed thirty-two doctors to volunteer
every two months. Many American doctors
responded. Altogether, some 774
physicians served unpaid, two-month tours of duty in Vietnam, given only per
diem expenses of $10 per day and $50,000 insurance policies. I am proud to be counted among the doctors
who volunteered for the Volunteer Physicians for Vietnam, and one of about seventeen percent who returned
to Vietnam for a second tour. In the
process of preparing this book, I wrote other doctors who volunteered, and
several were kind enough to respond with insightful comments which are
excerpted in these chapters, and printed in full in the last chapter of this
book.”
FAILURE TO ATONE is a 272-page
book with 22 chapters. The last chapter
is a list of men and women served in the American Medical Association’s
Volunteer Physician for Vietnam program which began in in July 1966 and
continued through June 1973. Dr.
Hassan’s research indicates that many physicians served two tours of duty, and
some doctors returned to Vietnam for as many as eight tours. Altogether. 774 US-licensed doctors served
1,029 tours as volunteer doctors in Vietnam.
Vietnam War has been the subject of
debate for many people around the world.
On October 26, 1967, John McCain’s A-4
Skyhawk was shot down near Hanoi, North Vietnam. He was released finally from captivity in 1973.
On October 16, 1999, U.S. Senator John
McCain emphasized his views with television host Larry King:
We went to Vietnam with good intentions. The Vietnamese people liked us.
They never liked the French because they were a colonial power, trying
to hold on to their Indochina Empire.
The Russians were never liked because they came in after we left and
were seen as a dominant imperialist colonial power. The Americans are liked to this day. When you go back to
Vietnam, the Vietnamese always say, “America Number One.” Yet they still despise the Russians and the
French. So to this day Americans are
still liked.
The reason for this is they felt the
Americans came there to help their country, unlike the French and Russians who
were trying to exploit their country.
This shows the innate intelligence of the Vietnamese, understanding the
difference, but knowing it was still important to unite their country (quote from page 195 in FAILURE TO ATONE)
In 1966, the controversial Muhammad Ali
said: “I ain’t got no quarrel with them
Viet Cong…They never called me nigger.”
He is a retired American boxer and former three-time World Heavyweight
Champion and winner of an Olympic Light-heavyweight gold medal. Ali was crowned “Sportsman of the Century”
in 1999 by Sports Illustrated and the
BBC.
In 1999, Dr. Hassan returned to Vietnam
as a visitor, one year after the United States had established diplomatic
relations with Vietnam. After being on
more trips back to Vietnam, he confides:
“During my two years of war-torn Vietnam, for medical and humanitarian
service, I grew up to love the country and its people. I missed Vietnam. I missed its wonderful people.
I had somehow become lost, and then found myself again in tragically
beautiful Vietnam.”
We recommend highly to all of you FAILURE
TO ATONE: The True Story of a Jungle
Surgeon in Vietnam by Allen Hassan, MD, JD, DVM As Told To David Drum
THE FAILURE TO ATONE PLEDGE With the publication of FAILURE TO ATONE,
Dr. Allen Hassan pledges to donate 10 percent of all profits from the book to charitable
organizations which help children who have been injured, maimed or displaced by
war.
Contact information:
DAVID DRUM
Voice (323) 254-2723 Cdaviddrum@aol.com
SHARON RAPADAS
2933 EL CAMINO AVENUE
SACRAMENTO, CA
95821
TELEPHONE (916) 971-3900
Thanks Dr. Allen Hassan for sending us an
autographed copy of FAILURE TO ATONE: To my new friend, Nguyen Kinh Doanh. Thank you for your kindness and your review.
We
all wish you have a lot of blessings always from the above and the best of luck
in your earnest efforts.
HAN LAM NGUYEN PHU THU Dr. Han Lam Nguyen Phu Thu is
in the Knight of the French Order of Academic Palms. Professor Nguyen Phu Thu has written on culture, languages,
astrology, geography, travel….His bestsellers have been distributed worldwide.
DR. NGUYEN PHU THU
MC VU QUANG BAN, MD When you put in a search for
MC VU QUANG BAN, MD there are 311 references at AT & T Yahoo Search with
article MC VU QUANG BAN, MD first and second OUR SEPTEMBER 2007 NOTES. Both of these writings are in the website www.nguyenkinhdoanh.com
On Saturday October 27, 2007, Dr. Vu
Quang Ban was at a wedding in Orange County.
He was cordially and politely shaking hands with everyone around him,
even with those who are his juniors.
Someone mentioned that he should sing the song The First Winter (Mua
Dong Dau Tien) as he had sung The First Spring (Mua Xuan Dau Tien) in the
wedding of P & D on January 27, 2007 as an MC. NO WAY. On October 27, 2007 he was a VIP guest and wanted to relax.
PHAM TRAN ANH His life has been a continuous struggle for
freedom and justice. Professor Pham
Tran Anh is specialized in research about history and culture. His recent book Originality of Vietnamese
is one of many books on Vietnamese past and present. If you wish to learn more about new findings in Dr. Anh’s
dedicated efforts, please e-mail him at quocvietanhpham@yahoo.com
PHAM GIA CON, MD In April 2005, the White House announced the
appointment of Dr. S. M. Gillis and Dr. Pham Gia Con to the Board of Directors
of the Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF).
Dr. Pham Gia Con is an associate clinical
professor of anesthesiology at the University of California in Los Angeles,
School of Medicine, and director of the Interventional Pain Clinic at West Los
Angeles VA Medical Center. Furthermore,
he is a distinguished Vietnamese-American community leader in Orange County,
California, having founded and been the former president of the
Vietnamese-American Physicians Association of USA.
Dr. Con, being a Martial Arts Grand
Master, singer, musician, and sky diver, has helped to establish Golden Crane
Qi Gong exercises for all who would like to participate, martial arts programs
for the World Martial Arts Association…Dr. Pham Gia Con is the pride of all
Vietnamese.
HOANG DUY HUNG
was born in 1962 in Phan Rang, South Vietnam.
He settled in the United States in 1975 and 21 years later, Mr. Hung
graduated from Texas Southern University with the Juris Doctor degree.
In 1997, Hoang Duy Hung began practicing
law. His articles on Vietnamese
struggle for Democracy and Freedom have appeared in numerous periodicals. In addition, the recent case number
2006-71920 in which he represented Plaintiff Truc Thuy Trung versus Defendant
Nham Van Dang was adjudged on February 12, 2007 creating very controversial
debates in Vietnamese communities.
Attorney Hoang Duy Hung can be contacted
at:
Hoang & Associates
Attorneys & Counselor At
Law
1900 N. Loop West, Suite 500
Houston, TX 77018
Telephone (713) 600-3700
E-MAIL: hoangduyhung77584@yahoo.com
Or Law500inc@yahoo.com
GOVERNOR CHRISTINE GREGOIRE She is the Democratic Washington State
Governor. Her election to the office in
2004 was notable for the historically slim margin of victory over Republican
Dino Rossi.
Three months ago, we mailed her a
donation with a letter asking her opinions on how to make Washington a better
place and should martial arts be taught in the United States universities. To date, we have not heard from The
Governor.
LY KIEN TRUC Publisher of Van Hoa Magazine
and President of Zen Vegetarian & Food To Go, 9329 Bolsa Avenue,
Westminster, CA 92683, telephone (714)
895-3637. His publication always has
interesting articles and excellent photos.
Please check out his website www.zenvegetarian.com
NGUYEN KINH DOANH AND LY KIEN TRUC
DR. LE KHANH He is a psychiatrist who
works at Tan Dinh Clinic in Saigon. His
three-month visit in the United States recently imprints many cheerful and
exciting memories at http://360.com/khanhuyen174
or Dr. Le Khanh in the links to our website www.nguyenkinhdoanh.com
JAMES RANDI James Randi was born on August 7, 1928 in
Toronto, Canada. He is the founder of
the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF).
The JREF sponsors the famous million
dollar challenge offering a prize of US $1,000,000 to anyone who can
demonstrate evidence of any paranormal, supernatural or occult power or event,
under test conditions agreed to by both parties. It remains unclaimed.
Website www.randi.org gives all details on this.
BICH TRAM In reference to the article TWICE BEAUTY
QUEEN: BICH TRAM in our website, Susan Jeske e-mailed us on
Tuesday October 30, 2007: “I
loved it!!! Great job! Tram looks great and your presentation was
wonderful! Can you add the Ms America
International web site to it so people can contact me for her if they like? ”
Susan Jeske has been involved
in pageantry for over 20 years and has been a judge at over 200 local, state,
national and international pageant competitions. She has traveled to 26 countries and all 50 states as a goodwill
ambassador and Presidential envoy for the United States.
Susan has held many pageant titles
nationally and internationally including being crowned Ms. America. Susan’s website: www.msamericainternational.com
and Bich Tram’s website is http://www.unityexchangeclub.org/
PHAN NHAT NAM He is the Program Host of www.sbtn.tv.
In www.vietnamlit.org, Major Phan Nhat
Nam is described as South Vietnam’s most famous war reporter.
At the age of 18, he entered the National
Military Academy in Dalat. After 1975,
the Major was imprisoned for fourteen years in various prisons in North and
South Vietnam. After being released
from custody, he moved to the United States to continue writing.
His latest book The Stories Must Be
Told is distributed worldwide.
Previous bestsellers of Major Phan Nhat Nam are: Fiery Red Summer, Trace of War, Along
Highway 1, Peace and Prisoner of War…You can contact Major Phan Nhat Nam at pnn943@aol.com or pnn@sbtn.tv
HOANG NGOC LIEN Lt. Colonel Hoang Ngoc Lien was born on 1/
12/ 1930 in Ninh Binh, Vietnam. He is
the author of many well-written poems and stories. His latest book Vien Dan Cuoi Cung (The Last Bullet) and
many other publications are mentioned in http://hoangngoclien1.tripod.com/
TRAN DO CAM He was an ARVN Naval
Officer. As of this writing, his
website http://doanket.orgfree.com/
has 1,371,306 times viewers have entered.
His magazine NGUYET SAN DOAN KET has reached readers in numerous
countries in many years.
We are very grateful that Mr. Tran Do Cam
has allowed our website www.nguyenkinhdoanh.com
to be placed in his links. Martial Arts
Grand Master Nguyen Lam of Kienando www.kienandokungfu.com
and Singer Mai Loan www.mailoanmusic.com
also deeply appreciate his generosity.
ARTIST NGUYEN HUU THUAN He was born in Ha Noi, Vietnam 53 years
ago. Thuan is a mild-mannered,
soft-spoken, enthusiastic and dynamic individual. In 1974, he entered the Architecture University. Then, unable to find a suitable job, he
became a chauffer and a truck driver in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, as well as
some European countries.
The artist’s love for painting plus
extensive travel and intense observation create Nguyen Huu Thuan with many
diversities in painting. His painting
exhibitions in the United States last year and in 2007 were very successful.
Our latest link to www.nguyenkinhdoanh.com is www.thuanpainting.com. You can contact Thuan at info@thuanpainting.com or
thuanvn_007@yahoo.com
PROFESSOR JIM MARRS Last but not least is Professor Jim
Marrs. He was born on December 5,
1943. Jim Marrs is a conspiracy
theorist, news reporter, college professor, and author of books and articles on
a wide range of assorted conspiracy theories.
His website www.jimmarrs.com is
scientific and well-presented.
Marrs has been a featured speaker at a
number of national conferences including the annual International UFO Congress
and the annual Gulf Breeze UFO Conference.
In addition, he has appeared on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, C-SPAN, along with
numerous national radio and TV shows.
We would like to quote his e-mail to us
on Wednesday April 26, 2006 in response to our questions to him on Remote
Viewing and faith healing:
“Since I discovered Remote
Viewing in the early 1990s, my thoughts on this psychic phenomenon have
changed. I was highly skeptical when I
first learned of people looking at people, places and things at a great
distance with only their mind. But
after researching the subject, interviewing many of the military-trained Remote
Viewers and then trying it for myself, I can assure you this mental technology
is quite real. This is why the U.S.
Government, first with the CIA and later through the U.S. Army and NSA, funded
a Remote Viewing program through four separate administrations, both Democrat
and Republican.
I can also assure you that, despite the
claim that the Government no longer is interested in Remote Viewing, there are
individuals within several government agencies still practicing this
craft. The remarkable thing about
Remote Viewing is that long-lasting scientific experiementation has proved that
this ability is inherent in everyone and is not limited by time or space. There has been successful Remote Viewing of
other planets which was later confirmed by deep space probes.
I am also not so skeptical regarding faith healing since many recent studies have proven that people who think positively or are prayed over, heal much quicker than those who do not experience this. The power of the human mind is almost limitless and we have only just begun to realize its potential Of course, like everything else in life, there has to be balance. Wishing away your headache is nice but an aspirin can also help.”
His latest book The Terror
Consipacy is a detailed analysis of
9/11. Previous books: Inside Job, The War On Freedom,
Psi Spies, Rule by Secrecy…are
all first class research. We recommend
all of his books to our viewers.
DENISE HOANG, MD
e-mail: doctordh2007@sbcglobal.net
CONSULTANTS AND EDITORIAL BOARD
SAM WELLS
NGUYEN HA
LE SY MINH TUNG
JANET KOLAKOWSKI, JD
DR. SANDRA BENSON
ROBERTA VERNON, DDS
NORMAN EDWARDS, MD
NGUYEN KINH DOANH