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Arnett, Peter
Pulitzer prize-winning reporter Peter Arnett discusses the debates on policy and strategy relating to the Vietnam War and his experiences reporting for the Associated Press in Saigon beginning in 1966. Arnett was one of the last western reporters in…
Bui, Diem
Bui Diem was born in 1923 in Ha Nam. Along with many friends and family members, Bui Diem joined the Greater Vietnam Nationalist Party (GVNP) from a young age to fight the French for independence. At the beginning of the First Indochina War, VNP…
Doan, Bich Lien
Vietnamese language interview with Doan Bich Lien, who describes her postwar experiences when she was assigned to work in a New Economic Zone by the communist government and her subsequent escape by boat.
This interview is part of the Vietnamese…
This interview is part of the Vietnamese…
Duong, Nguyet Anh
Duong Nguyet Anh left Vietnam with her family on a helicopter piloted by her brother on April 28, 1975, before the Fall of Saigon. They were transferred both on small boats and naval ships that took them to Subic Bay in the Philippines, then to the…
Hình, Nong Van
Vietnamese language interview with Hinh Van Nong who discusses his experience as a political prisoner in North Vietnam. Before his capture, he was a special forces soldier for South Vietnam who was parachuted to North Vietnam to live as a spy in the…
Hoàng, Loan Phi
Vietnamese language interview with Hoàng Phi Loan, a former South Vietnamese school teacher who give an emotional account of the time she spent imprisoned in a communist reeducation camp.
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora…
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora…
Khúc, Minh Thơ
Vietnamese-language interview with Khuc Minh Tho, President of the FVPPA (Families of Vietnamese Political Prisoners Association), and board member of The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation. She recalled how Vietnamese American organizations…
La, Quy Huy
Vietnamese language interviews with La Huy Quy, whose family escaped from North to South Vietnam in the years following the Geneva Convention of 1954, which partitioned Vietnam at the 17th parallel.
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the…
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the…
Lê, Cương Đình
Vietnamese language with Lê Đình Cương, who was born in Quang Ngai, Vietnam. In 1952, Viet Cong forces took over his father's home to house their soldiers; the French released two bombs on the house, completely destroying it. In 1959, he joined the…
Le, Paul
Vietnamese language interview with Paul Le, who discusses his work on an American Airforce base in Cam Ranh, postwar experiences and what lead him to escape from Vietnam by boat.
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital…
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital…