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Nguyễn, Cường Cuốc

Vietnamese language interview with Nguyễn Cuốc Cường.

The Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive (ViDDA) is a grassroots collection of interviews conducted and supported through The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation (VAHF) to provide…

Tags: Author or Writer, Catholicism, Fall of Saigon 1975, Fort Chaffee AR (USA), Houston TX (USA), Law or Legal Issues, Refugees, Vietnamese Americans

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…

Tags: Activism or Activist, Anticommunism, Army Republic of Vietnam or SVA, Author or Writer, Boat People, Children in Wartime, Families in Wartime, Houston TX (USA), Officer, Prison or Imprisonment, Refugee Camp (Pulau Galang) Indonesia, Refugees (by sea), South Vietnamese Army (ARVN), Vietnamese Americans

Vo, My Le

Vietnamese language interview with My Le Vo.

The Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive (ViDDA) is a grassroots collection of interviews conducted and supported through The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation (VAHF) to provide oral history…

Tags: Author or Writer, Houston TX (USA), Language, Schooling or Education, Texas (USA), Vietnamese Americans

Nguyễn, Chí Thiện

Interview with Nguyễn Chí Thiện (1939–2012), a Vietnamese poet and activist who was jailed numerous times by the North Vietnamese during pre and post 1975 Vietnam for a total of 27 years. He often committed his poems to memory during his…

Tags: Activism or Activist, Anticommunism, Author or Writer, California, Communism or Communists, Diaspora (Vietnamese), Discrimination, Hanoi (VN), Hoa Lo Prison, Prison or Imprisonment, Reeducation or Detention Camp (VN), Resettlement, Santa Ana CA (USA), Teacher or Professor, Vietnamese Americans

Siemon-Netto, Uwe

Uwe Siemon-Netto discusses his experiences as a reporter in Vietnam starting in 1965, including his thoughts on the Tet Offensive, the My Lai Massacre and the uncovering of the mass graves in Hue.

This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the…

Tags: Author or Writer, Communism or Communists, Graves or Burials, History, Hue (VN), Journalism, Laguna Woods CA (USA), Media (Radio Television Film), Mental Health, My Lai Massacre 1968, Ngo Dinh Diem (President SVN) 1901-1963, Phu Bai (VN), Research or Academics, Saigon (VN), Tet Offensive 1968, Universities, Viet Cong (VC) National Liberation Front, Vietnam War 1955-1975

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…

Tags: Anticommunism, Antiwar Movement, Associated Press, Author or Writer, Cold War, Communism or Communists, Fall of Saigon 1975, History, Ho Chi Minh (Chairman) 1890-1969, Journalism, Media (Radio Television Film), Ngo Dinh Diem (President SVN) 1901-1963, Orange County (USA), Research or Academics, Saigon (VN), Teacher or Professor, Viet Cong (VC) National Liberation Front, Vietnam War 1955-1975

Sorley, Lewis

Lewis Sorley is an American intelligence analyst, lecturer and military historian who was deployed to Vietnam as an Army major in 1966. Based on his experiences and research, he wrote the book "A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final…

Tags: Anticommunism, Antiwar Movement, Army (USA), Author or Writer, CIA (Central Intelligence Agency USA), Communism or Communists, Ho Chi Minh (Chairman) 1890-1969, Officer, Potomac MD (USA), Research or Academics, Teacher or Professor, Veteran (USA), Vietnam War 1955-1975

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