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Nguyen, Dat

Dat Nguyen discusses the obstacles he faced while pursuing his dream of becoming a professional musician and songwriter despite being blind from birth, orphaned at the age of five and living in impoverished conditions in Vietnam. In 1989, he…

Tags: Activism or Activist, Adoption or Foster Care, Advocacy (Refugees), Amerasian or American Homecoming Act, Arts or Design, Carthage MO (USA), Disability, Mixed Race, Musician or Vocalist, Nonprofit Organization, Race Relations or Racism, Vietnam War 1955-1975

Quitugua, David

Monsignor David Quitugua recalls Vietnamese refugees that came to Guam, an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States which temporarily hosted 100,000 Vietnamese in 1975. At that time, the Catholic Church sponsored about 3,000…

Tags: Adoption or Foster Care, Advocacy (Refugees), Catholicism, Children in Wartime, Citizenship, Community Service, Families in Wartime, Guam, Humanitarian Organization, Refugee Camp, Refugee Camp (Guam), Refugees, Religion or Faith, Resettlement, Sponsors or Sponsorship, Vietnam War 1955-1975

Tougher, Wendy Tuyet

Wendy Tuyet Tougher was a refugee following the Fall of Saigon, when her family escaped by boat when she was eleven years old. She recalls her impoverished conditions and the desperation that caused her family to flee, the difficulties maintaining…

Tags: 1.5 Generation, Adoption or Foster Care, Boat People, Catholicism, Children in Wartime, Cultural Conflict or Adjustment, Fall of Saigon 1975, Families in Wartime, Famine, Guam, Interracial Relationship, Language, Poverty, Race Relations or Racism, Refugee Camp (Guam), Refugees, Refugees (by sea), Resettlement, Vietnam War 1955-1975

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