AdvertisementThe Frightened Vietnamese Kid Who Became A U.S. Army GeneralApril 30, 2015Tom BowmanfacebookEmailBrig. Gen. Viet Luong of the 1st Cavalry Division came to the United States in the 1970s after his family fled Vietnam in the waning days of the war there. He's now leading the effort to train Afghan soldiers to fight the Taliban. (NPR)