Randolph County, NC -- Since the Vietnam War, America's Army Special Forces have had an intimate bond with the Montagnard people. There are thousands of Montagnards in the Piedmont and across our state.
And Saturday, more than 100 of them were in Randolph County for some health screenings. And WFMY News 2 got a look at the potentially life-saving screenings through the eyes of a retired Special Forces soldier who says the Montagnards saved his.
"The loyalty that they gave us during the (Vietnam) war is phenomenal," George Clark said. Clark is the president of Save The Montagnard People and spent 10 years as a Special Forces soldier. "You just don't see that anymore."
To say the lives of the Montagnards mean something to Clark is an understatement.
"These people gave us their lives for us," he said. Clark would know, because he wouldn't be alive without them.
