Yes I have heard of her, a true hero. Plus she was in the National Guard, go Guard (I have several friends in the Guard deploying to Iraq later this year).

Now that's what I call a woman, Thailand can be proud of some one like that.

It's not surprising though, Thailand and its people have always been brave warriors. The King of Thailand is a great soldier, and his son is also a great soldier (training alongside some of the best soldiers in the world, U.S. Army Special Forces).

Here are some infos in Thai:

http://www.oknation.net/blog/krisana/2007/06/10/entry-1

http://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%...B9%8C%E0%B8%98

I had heard of her before also, but I didn't realize until recently that her mother was Thai.

A Thai-American Hero
 

I'm not sure how many of you have heard of Tammy Duckworth outside of the State of Illinois, but I encourage you to google her name. Quite an inspiring story to say the very least. We are very proud of her in Illinois.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_Duckworth