General vang pao | Jersey shore season 3

Ge Thao of Fresno can't help but choke back tears as he talks about the death of his beloved leader, General Vang Pao.

Thao's son, Tulou Thao translates for his father, who during the Vietnam War fought beside General Pao and saved his life.

Any Hmong person who does not respect the General, I probably don't have much room for them either," Toulu Thao, Xaochan Ge Thao's son, said.

"I joined the military service in 1953, if that should happen again I wouldn't mind stepping in and saving him again," Xaochan Ge Thao said.

General Vang Pao dies on Thursday while in exile in the US. He was 81. He was once named “the biggest hero of the Vietnam War”.