1SG Private RallyPoint Member 393930 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>1919 – During the Versailles Peace Conference, a few Vietnamese residing in Paris draw up an eight-point program for their homeland’s independence. <br /><br />They have their program printed and send it to the conference secretariat, and one of the initiators, Nguyen Ai Quoc (‘Nguyen the Patriot’) who will later be better known as Ho Chi Minh, tries to meet with President Woodrow Wilson, who has inspired them with his 14-point program calling for independence for all peoples. But Nguyen is turned away and the eight points are never officially acknowledged.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/12/31/december-31/">http://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/12/31/december-31/</a> 2014-12-31T09:36:35-05:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 393930

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>1919 – During the Versailles Peace Conference, a few Vietnamese residing in Paris draw up an eight-point program for their homeland’s independence. <br /><br />They have their program printed and send it to the conference secretariat, and one of the initiators, Nguyen Ai Quoc (‘Nguyen the Patriot’) who will later be better known as Ho Chi Minh, tries to meet with President Woodrow Wilson, who has inspired them with his 14-point program calling for independence for all peoples. But Nguyen is turned away and the eight points are never officially acknowledged.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/12/31/december-31/">http://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/12/31/december-31/</a>

2014-12-31T09:36:35-05:00 2014-12-31T09:36:35-05:00 LTC Private RallyPoint Member 393983

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>These nuggets of information, especially when viewed through historical context, are facinating and shoule be used by all to better understand today and better forecast tomorrow.

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