Languages.

This is coolbert:

Came across this quite by accident.

Borderline relevant but still of educational value. An indication of a legacy unappreciated from the era of the Korean War and the Second Indo-China War. Courtesy the Internet web site Slate and thanks to same.

Korean. Vietnamese. Hmong. Most commonly spoke languages other than English and Spanish. USA. Tagalog [Filipino national language] also spoken widely in three states, California, Hawaii and Nevada. Think the Spanish-American War 1898 and the Philippine Insurrection 1900. Philippines generally speaking the USA held in high esteem.

Who would have thought it?

coolbert.