WE HAVE HISTORY OF CARING FOR WAR REFUGEES PEOPLE FLEEING VIETNAM WERE WELCOMED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY.(Editorial) From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) | Date: May 27, 1999 | COPYRIGHT 1999 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

News of the first Kosovar refugee family settling in Seattle last week with hosts Karleen and Bruce Kennedy brings to mind an earlier and much greater movement of refugees. That earlier migration brought out the very best in our state government and church community.

The victorious march of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese armies into Saigon 24 years ago triggered a flood of men, women and children fleeing their homes and country. They escaped by every means possible, inclu...