Pauleen Le

Minneapolis

Reporter at WCCO-TV (Minneapolis, MN)

Emmy Winner 14x nominee Reporter @wcco Formerly CBS58, Fort Wayne’s NBC, WLUK Good Day WI & WKBT/#vikings & #packers fan ⬅️ truth/Always up for a good story

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Vietnam 50 Years Later: The Minnesota Vietnamese Language School

6 days ago | cbsnews.com | Pauleen Le

A big wave of Vietnamese people immigrated to Minnesota following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. Nowadays, community members are diligently striving to ensure that their language and culture remain vibrant and enduring for generations to come. And for more than a decade, Roseville's Minnesota Vietnamese Language School is how they've been cultivating community in the Twin Cities metro. Now retired, Loc Van founded the school in 2013 with just about 90 students.
Vietnam 50 Years Later: Inside the Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum

6 days ago | cbsnews.com | Pauleen Le

There will soon be a new place to visit honoring the stories of Minnesota's history in world conflicts, including the Vietnam War. The new Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum is under construction just outside of Camp Ripley in Little Falls, and is expected to open in late 2026. When it opens, it will honor not only Minnesota's service members and their sacrifices, but the refugee experience as well.
Vietnam 50 Years Later: 35 years of the Hmong American Partnership

6 days ago | cbsnews.com | Pauleen Le

On the Minnesota State Capitol grounds, near the memorial that honors the Minnesotans who lost their lives in the Vietnam War, there also lies a memorial to honor the who fought during the Secret War. The monument is a bronze statue that resembles a sprouting bamboo shoot. Each petal depicts images of life, war and relocation.
Vietnam 50 Years Later: Twin Cities vets return to Asia decades after the war

6 days ago | cbsnews.com | Pauleen Le

The Vietnam War holds a unique place in American history. It stands as the last conflict to involve a military draft, and in every meaningful way, the U.S. "lost" the war. This loss wasn't just a big military and political blow; it also left deep emotional wounds, changed the country's foreign policy and had a huge impact on the lives of many veterans and civilians.
Vietnam 50 Years Later: Minnesota's Lao community

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Pauleen Le

Not all immigrants have experienced the same successes moving to Minnesota. For the modest Laotian community, a big challenge has been access to funding and resources. Recent census data found there are around 16,000 Laotian-born Minnesotans, but community organizers say that number could be almost twice as high.
Vietnam 50 Years Later: Cambodian Minnesotans and the majestic Watt Munisotaram

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Pauleen Le

Cambodia's involvement in the Vietnam War would have lasting impacts on the country and its people. During the war, the North Vietnamese troops were moving supplies and weapons through northern Cambodia on the Ho Chi Minh Trail. In March 1969, President Richard Nixon approved secret bombings of suspected communist base camps and supply zones along the trail. The U.S. would drop around 500,000 tons of bombs on Cambodia in the next four years.
Vietnam 50 Years Later: Vietnamese veterans reflect on "Black April" 50 years on

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Pauleen Le

Vietnamese veterans reflect on "Black April" 50 years later For the Vietnamese community, April 30 is known as Black April, or Tháng Tư Đen. It's a day to lament and reflect on the fall of Saigon and of South Vietnam. In the two decades of conflict, experts estimate as many as 2 million civilians on both sides were killed, along with some 1.1 million North Vietnamese and Viet Cong fighters.
Minnesota veteran featured in 1969 Vietnam War doc reflects on his service

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Pauleen Le

WCCO's Pauleen Le reflects on lessons learned from "Grunt's Little War" The year is 1969, the height of the war in Vietnam. The United States has been involved for about four years at this point and the war is growing more and more unpopular by the day. The Vietnam War was the first American conflict to be shown on TV. It was largely uncensored, raw and real, and it was broadcast directly into our homes.
A family's journey from Vietnam to the U.S.

1 week ago | startribune.com | Pauleen Le

Opinion editor's note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of guest commentaries online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. April 30 marked the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, which signaled the end of the Vietnam War. It also marks 50 years of my family calling the United States home. For my mom, her family's journey to the U.S. started 10 days before the fall of Saigon when they escaped on one of the massive C-130 cargo planes the Americans sent to help refugees.
Vietnam 50 Years Later: WCCO photojournalist Art Phillips shares personal connection to the war

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Pauleen Le

WCCO is marking 50 years since the Fall of Saigon, which ended the Vietnam War, with a new 1-hour special: "Vietnam 50 Years Later: Reflections on the War that Changed Minnesota."WCCO's Pauleen Le and photojournalist Arthur Phillips examine the impact of the war on those who fought it and those who survived it. The special also takes a deep dive into how the state's Vietnamese, Hmong, Cambodian and Laotian communities were impacted by the war and the challenges they still face today in Minnesota.

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Pauleen Le @PauleenLe

5 Mar 25

Many jackknife semis like this one where the front tire is hanging off the overpass @WCCO https://t.co/7mNpaGQjdz

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5 Mar 25

.@MnDPS_MSP trooper hit - @MnDOTMetro saying they should be ok. Take it easy on the roads. Crashes and spin outs everywhere https://t.co/mu9Ybw1Vjn

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6 Jan 25

Happy 1 year anniversary @PWHL_Minnesota! Cheers to more memorable moments ahead!

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Where it all began 💜 One year ago today - January 6, 2024, we played our first-ever home game. In front of 13,316 fans, PWHL Minnesota set a new record for the highest attendance at a professional women's hockey game ever. Grace Zumwinkle delivered a hat-trick, and Maddie https://t.co/OMzQsSjAxS