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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Armitage, Richard L.]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Vietnam War, 1961-1975]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oral biography]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Richard L. Armitage is a former American naval officer and Vietnamese language speaker who served three combat tours of duty during the Vietnam War. In this interview, he discusses one of his missions, which was to deny the enemy the use of important military equipment such as ships and aircraft, which he was tasked to destroy. He also recalls a plan he made with Captain Do Kiem to arrange for the evacuation 30,000 South Vietnamese officers and soldiers and their families on over twenty ships--without the explicit consent of his superiors. He is particularly proud of the educational success of Vietnamese Americans. He also mentions his opinion of why the South Vietnamese lost the war, including the history of colonialism and US backing of the French, the nationalist backgrounds of Ho Chi Minh and other Northern leaders, South Vietnamese political corruption, US politics, and the inability to gain public support, based in part because of the decision to implement a counterinsurgency tactic that required too many American forces on the ground.<br />
<br />
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. Interviews were conducted by the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation as part of the national 500 Oral Histories Project. <br />
<br />
Additionally, this interview was recorded in the process of producing VIETNAMERICA, a feature-length film and follow-up to the short documentary, Master Hoa&#039;s Requiem. Not all interview materials were included in the final film. The film follows Master Hoa back to Southeast Asia to search for the graves of his wife and two children. Hoa escaped Vietnam in 1981 on a boat with his family and friends. He is the sole survivor.<br />
<br />
]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Richard L. Armitage is a former American naval officer and Vietnamese language speaker who served three combat tours of duty during the Vietnam War. In this interview, he discusses one of his missions, which was to deny the enemy the use of important military equipment such as ships and aircraft, which he was tasked to destroy. He also recalls a plan he made with Captain Do Kiem to arrange for the evacuation 30,000 South Vietnamese officers and soldiers and their families on over twenty ships--without the explicit consent of his superiors. He is particularly proud of the educational success of Vietnamese Americans. He also mentions his opinion of why the South Vietnamese lost the war, including the history of colonialism and US backing of the French, the nationalist backgrounds of Ho Chi Minh and other Northern leaders, South Vietnamese political corruption, US politics, and the inability to gain public support, based in part because of the decision to implement a counterinsurgency tactic that required too many American forces on the ground.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Richard Armitage]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[500 Oral Histories Project]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-08-23]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2012-08-23]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:dateAccepted><![CDATA[2012-08-23]]></dcterms:dateAccepted>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Interviewers: Nancy Bui and Other]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Video and Audio Recorder: Ted Acheson]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[The creator of this material has granted The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation copyright to this audio, video and photo material. It is being made available for non-profit educational use.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:accessRights><![CDATA[Public Access Granted]]></dcterms:accessRights>
    <dcterms:license><![CDATA[Deed of Gift]]></dcterms:license>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[This oral history material was born digital, with original sound in wav, original moving image in mvi and original text in doc. The materials were converted into mp3, mp4 and pdf for online access.]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:medium><![CDATA[This oral history material was born digital and saved to external hard drive.]]></dcterms:medium>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[Vietnamese]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[oral histories]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Moving image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
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    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[Armitage, Richard L., interview by Nancy Bui. August 23, 2012. Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation oral history interviews, 2017, Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive.]]></dcterms:bibliographicCitation>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></dcterms:coverage>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[United States]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Võ, Văn Bằng]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bằng, Võ Van ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Vietnam War, 1961-1975]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oral biography]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Vietnamese Americans]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Vo Van Bang was born in the city of Hue, Thua Thien, Vietnam, where  he later served as council member. He was present during the early stages of the Tet Offensive of 1968. He recalls hearing gun shots from the North Vietnamese Army and fleeing to another district to escape the communist onslaught. He later returned to Hue to look for his wife and children. A year after Hue was free from conflict, he helped to organize a committee to search for the missing and the dead. The organization discovered mass graves and counted over 3,000 deceased, which they subsequently disinterred for identification and reburial. The graves included government officials, civilians and foreigners who either had their skulls crushed, were buried alive, or were suffocated. After the Fall of Saigon, he was put into a reeducation camp for eight years. He came to the United States in 1994. He  shares his hope that future generations will know, understand, and learn from his experiences. <br />
<br />
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. Interviews were conducted by the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation  as part of the national 500 Oral Histories Project. <br />
<br />
Additionally, this interview was recorded in the process of producing VIETNAMERICA, a feature-length film and follow-up to the short documentary, Master Hoa&#039;s Requiem. Not all interview materials were included in the final film. The film follows Master Hoa back to Southeast Asia to search for the graves of his wife and two children. Hoa escaped Vietnam in 1981 on a boat with his family and friends. He is the sole survivor.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Vo Van Bang was born in the city of Hue, Thua Thien, Vietnam, where he later served as council member. He was present during the early stages of the Tet Offensive of 1968. He recalls hearing gun shots from the North Vietnamese Army and fleeing to another district to escape the communist onslaught. He later returned to Hue to look for his wife and children. A year after Hue was free from conflict, he helped to organize a committee to search for the missing and the dead. The organization discovered mass graves and counted over 3,000 deceased, which they subsequently disinterred for identification and reburial. The graves included government officials, civilians and foreigners who either had their skulls crushed, were buried alive, or were suffocated. After the Fall of Saigon, he was put into a reeducation camp for eight years. He came to the United States in 1994. He shares his hope that future generations will know, understand, and learn from his experiences.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Võ Văn Bằng ]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[500 Oral Histories Project]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-09-24]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:available><![CDATA[2017-06-12]]></dcterms:available>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2013-09-24]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:dateCopyrighted><![CDATA[2013-09-24]]></dcterms:dateCopyrighted>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Interviewer: Nancy Bui]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Transcriber and Translator: Quan Tue Tran]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Audio/Video Recorder: Nghia Tran]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[The creator of this material has granted The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation copyright to this audio, video and photo material. It is being made available for non-profit educational use.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:accessRights><![CDATA[Public Access Granted]]></dcterms:accessRights>
    <dcterms:license><![CDATA[Deed of Gift]]></dcterms:license>
    <dcterms:hasFormat><![CDATA[Moving image materials also available in thm format.]]></dcterms:hasFormat>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[500 Oral Histories Project of The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[This oral history material was born digital, with original sound in wav, original moving image in mvi and original text in doc. The materials were converted into mp3, mp4 and pdf for online access. ]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[01:33:08]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[00:03:39]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[00:02:35]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:medium><![CDATA[This oral history material was born digital and saved to external hard drive.<br />
]]></dcterms:medium>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[Vietnamese]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[oral histories]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Moving image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound recording]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Text]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[Bằng, Võ Văn, interview by Nancy Bui. September 24, 2013. Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation oral history interviews, 2017, Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. ]]></dcterms:bibliographicCitation>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[United States]]></dcterms:coverage>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></dcterms:coverage>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[California]]></dcterms:coverage>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Orange County, California]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://vietdiasporastories.omeka.net/items/show/156">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Dang, Quang Van and Do, Nam Thi]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Dang Van Quang]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Do Nam Thi]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Vietnam War, 1961-1975]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oral biography]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Vietnamese language interview with Dang Van Quang and Do Thi Nam of San Jose, California. Dang Van Quang was born in Soc Trang, Vietnam in 1929 and became a lieutenant general in the South Vietnamese Army. Do Thi Nam was born in 1932 and is from Can Tho, Vietnam. In 1975, Dang Quang managed to flee the country and was processed in a refugee camp in Guam then Fort Chaffee in the US. They have lived in Canada and the cities of Atlanta and Long Beach before finally settling in Sacramento, California. <br />
<br />
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. Interviews were conducted by the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation as part of the national 500 Oral Histories Project.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Vietnamese language interview with Dang Van Quang and Do Thi Nam of San Jose, California. Dang Van Quang was born in Soc Trang, Vietnam in 1929 and became a lieutenant general in the South Vietnamese Army. Do Thi Nam was born in 1932 and is from Can Tho, Vietnam. In 1975, Dang Quang managed to flee the country and was processed in a refugee camp in Guam then Fort Chaffee in the US. They have lived in Canada and the cities of Atlanta and Long Beach before finally settling in Sacramento, California. ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Dang Van Quang]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Do Nam Thi]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[500 Oral Histories Project]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2010-05-26]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2010-05-26]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:dateAccepted><![CDATA[2010-05-26]]></dcterms:dateAccepted>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Interviewer: Nancy Bui]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Videographer: Jacky Thanh]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[The creator for this material has granted The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation copyright of the audio, video and photo materials. It is being made available for non-profit educational use.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:accessRights><![CDATA[Public Access Granted]]></dcterms:accessRights>
    <dcterms:license><![CDATA[Deed of Gift]]></dcterms:license>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[This oral history material was born digital, saved to CD and  converted into mp3, mp4 and pdf for online access.]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:medium><![CDATA[This oral history material was born digital and saved to CD.]]></dcterms:medium>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[Vietnamese]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound recording]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Moving image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[Dang, Quang Nam and Do Thi Nam interview by Nancy Bui. May 26, 2010. Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation oral history interviews, 2018, Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive.]]></dcterms:bibliographicCitation>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://vietdiasporastories.omeka.net/items/show/17">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Dong, Minh Quang ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Quang, Dong Minh]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Vietnam War, 1961-1975]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Refugees]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Father Quang Dong recalls his experiences escaping Vietnam with over sixty passengers on a boat for seven days and six nights. A Thai ship dropped them off near Malaysia where they were set up in a refugee camp in Pulau Bidong. He describes his religious education--he was ordained in 1991 and is currently serving in a Vietnamese parish in Oakland. <br />
<br />
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. Interviews were conducted by the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation as part of the national 500 Oral Histories Project. <br />
<br />
Additionally, this interview was recorded in the process of producing VIETNAMERICA, a feature-length film and follow-up to the short documentary, Master Hoa&#039;s Requiem. Not all interview materials were included in the final film. The film follows Master Hoa back to Southeast Asia to search for the graves of his wife and two children. Hoa escaped Vietnam in 1981 on a boat with his family and friends. He is the sole survivor.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Father Quang Dong recalls his experiences escaping Vietnam with over sixty passengers on a boat for seven days and six nights. A Thai ship dropped them off near Malaysia where they were set up in a refugee camp in Pulau Bidong. He describes his religious education--he was ordained in 1991 and is currently serving in a Vietnamese parish in Oakland. ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Quang Dong]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[500 Oral Histories Project]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation ]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-08-15]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2012-08-15]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:dateAccepted><![CDATA[2012-08-15]]></dcterms:dateAccepted>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Interviewer: Nancy Bui]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Audio and Video Recorder: Ted Acheson]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[The creator for this material has granted The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation copyright of the audio, video and photo materials. It is being made available for non-profit educational use.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:accessRights><![CDATA[Public Access Granted]]></dcterms:accessRights>
    <dcterms:license><![CDATA[Deed of Gift]]></dcterms:license>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[This oral history material was born digital, with original sound in wav, original moving image in mvi and original text in doc. The materials were converted into mp3, mp4 and pdf for online access.]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:medium><![CDATA[This oral history material was born digital and saved to external hard drive.]]></dcterms:medium>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[oral histories]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Moving image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[Dong, Quang Minh, interview by Nancy Bui. August 15, 2012. Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation oral history interviews, 2017, Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive.]]></dcterms:bibliographicCitation>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[United States]]></dcterms:coverage>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></dcterms:coverage>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Malaysia]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://vietdiasporastories.omeka.net/items/show/277">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Duong, Phuc]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Vietnam War, 1961-1975]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oral biography]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Vietnamese language interview with Duong Phuc, a journalist who fled Vietnam by boat in 1980 and landed in a refugee camp in Thailand.<br />
<br />
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 resources for students, researchers, the general public about the Vietnamese community living abroad. These interviews were conducted and filmed entirely by volunteers as part of the national 500 Oral Histories Project.<br />
<br />
]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Vietnamese language interview with Duong Phuc, a journalist who fled Vietnam by boat in 1980 and landed in a refugee camp in Thailand.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Duong Phuc]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[500 Oral Histories Project]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2019-07-01 uploaded to archive]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2011-03-04]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:dateAccepted><![CDATA[2011-03-04]]></dcterms:dateAccepted>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Interviewer: Thai Nguyen]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Videography: Roger Le, Jason Wang]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[The creator for this material has granted The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation copyright of the audio, video and photo materials. It is being made available for non-profit educational use.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:accessRights><![CDATA[Public Access Granted]]></dcterms:accessRights>
    <dcterms:license><![CDATA[Deed of Gift]]></dcterms:license>
    <dcterms:medium><![CDATA[This oral history material was born digital.]]></dcterms:medium>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[Vietnamese]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound recording]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Moving image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[Duong, Phuc interview by Thai Nguyen on March 4, 2011. Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation oral history interviews. Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive, 2019.]]></dcterms:bibliographicCitation>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://vietdiasporastories.omeka.net/items/show/292">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Hoang, Gia Ngoc]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Vietnam War, 1961-1975]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oral biography]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[English language interview with Dr. Gia Ngoc Hoang. <br />
<br />
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 resources for students, researchers, the general public about the Vietnamese community living abroad. These interviews were conducted and filmed entirely by volunteers as part of the national 500 Oral Histories Project.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[English language interview with Dr. Gia Ngoc Hoang. ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Gia Ngoc Hoang]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[500 Oral Histories Project]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2019-07-09 uploaded to archive]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2011-03-05]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:dateAccepted><![CDATA[2011-03-05]]></dcterms:dateAccepted>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Interviewer: Nancy Bui]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Videographer: Jason Wang]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[The creator for this material has granted The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation copyright of the audio, video and photo materials. It is being made available for non-profit educational use.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:accessRights><![CDATA[Public Access Granted]]></dcterms:accessRights>
    <dcterms:license><![CDATA[Deed of Gift]]></dcterms:license>
    <dcterms:medium><![CDATA[This oral history material was born digital.]]></dcterms:medium>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound recording]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Moving image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[Hoang, Gia Ngoc interview by Nancy Bui on March 5, 2011. Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation oral history interviews. Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive, 2019.]]></dcterms:bibliographicCitation>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://vietdiasporastories.omeka.net/items/show/103">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Hoang, Mong Thu (Megan)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Vietnam War, 1961-1975]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oral biography]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Mong Hoang was sixteen years old during the Fall of Saigon. Previously, her family owned a restaurant that had served American troops near an airbase. She and her family was sent off to work in a rubber tree plantation as part of a communist agricultural reform program, where her father managed village workers, who risked their lives every day to earn enough to survive. She ran away after avoiding being sexually assaulted and ended up escaping the country by boat. She recounts her harrowing journey to a refugee camp in Malaysia. She also discusses her daughter&#039;s losing fight with leukemia and her subsequent efforts to improve access to bone marrow banking services.<br />
<br />
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. Interviews were conducted by the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation as part of the national 500 Oral Histories Project. <br />
<br />
Additionally, this interview was recorded in the process of producing VIETNAMERICA, a feature-length film and follow-up to the short documentary, Master Hoa&#039;s Requiem. Not all interview materials were included in the final film. The film follows Master Hoa back to Southeast Asia to search for the graves of his wife and two children. Hoa escaped Vietnam in 1981 on a boat with his family and friends. He is the sole survivor.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Mong Hoang was sixteen years old during the Fall of Saigon. Previously, her family owned a restaurant that had served American troops near an airbase. She and her family was sent off to work in a rubber tree plantation as part of a communist agricultural reform program, where her father managed village workers, who risked their lives every day to earn enough to survive. She ran away after avoiding being sexually assaulted and ended up escaping the country by boat. She recounts her harrowing journey to a refugee camp in Malaysia. She also discusses her daughter&#039;s losing fight with leukemia and her subsequent efforts to improve access to bone marrow banking services.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Mong Thu Hoang]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[500 Oral Histories]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-07-27]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2013-07-27]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:dateAccepted><![CDATA[2013-07-27]]></dcterms:dateAccepted>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[The creator of this material has granted The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation copyright to this audio, video and photo material. It is being made available for non-profit educational use.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:accessRights><![CDATA[Public Access Granted]]></dcterms:accessRights>
    <dcterms:license><![CDATA[Deed of Gift]]></dcterms:license>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[This oral history material was born digital, with original sound in wav, original moving image in mvi and original text in doc. The materials were converted into mp3, mp4 and pdf for online access.]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:medium><![CDATA[This oral history material was born digital and saved to external hard drive.]]></dcterms:medium>
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    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[Mong, Thu Hoang, interview by Nancy Bui, July 27, 2013. Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation oral history interviews, 2017, Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive.]]></dcterms:bibliographicCitation>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Le, Luong]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Vietnam War, 1961-1975]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oral biography]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[English and Vietnamese language interview with Luong Le, who describes life in Cam Ranh Airforce Base during the time that his father worked at a US base located there. He also describes what it was like postwar, including the discrimination of Catholics, government propaganda in the schools and the pervasive culture of mistrust among teachers and students. <br />
<br />
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. Interviews were conducted by the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation as part of the national 500 Oral Histories Project. <br />
<br />
Additionally, this interview was recorded in the process of producing VIETNAMERICA, a feature-length film and follow-up to the short documentary, Master Hoa&#039;s Requiem. Not all interview materials were included in the final film. The film follows Master Hoa back to Southeast Asia to search for the graves of his wife and two children. Hoa escaped Vietnam in 1981 on a boat with his family and friends. He is the sole survivor.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[English and Vietnamese language interview with Luong Le, who describes life in Cam Ranh Airforce Base during the time that his father worked at a US base located there. He also describes what it was like postwar, including the discrimination of Catholics, government propaganda in the schools and the pervasive culture of mistrust among teachers and students. ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Luong Le]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[500 Oral Histories Project]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-11-30<br />
2011-03-30]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2013-11-30<br />
2011-03-30]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:dateAccepted><![CDATA[2013-11-30<br />
]]></dcterms:dateAccepted>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Interviewer 2013: Nancy Bui]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Audio and Video Recorder: Nghia Tran]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Interviewer 2011: Linda Ho Peche]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[The creator of this material has granted The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation copyright to this audio, video and photo material. It is being made available for non-profit educational use.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:accessRights><![CDATA[Public Access Granted]]></dcterms:accessRights>
    <dcterms:license><![CDATA[Deed of Gift]]></dcterms:license>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[This oral history material was born digital, with original sound in wav, original moving image in mvi and original text in doc. The materials were converted into mp3, mp4 and pdf for online access.]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:medium><![CDATA[This oral history material was born digital and saved to external hard drive.]]></dcterms:medium>
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    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[Vietnamese]]></dcterms:language>
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    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[Luong, Le, interview by Nancy Bui, November 30, 2013. Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation oral history interviews, 2017, Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive.]]></dcterms:bibliographicCitation>
    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[Luong, Le, interview by Linda Ho Peche, March 30, 2011. Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation oral history interviews, 2017, Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive.]]></dcterms:bibliographicCitation>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Le, Paul]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Vietnam War, 1961-1975]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oral biography]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[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. <br />
<br />
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. Interviews were conducted by the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation as part of the national 500 Oral Histories Project. <br />
<br />
Additionally, this interview was recorded in the process of producing VIETNAMERICA, a feature-length film and follow-up to the short documentary, Master Hoa&#039;s Requiem. Not all interview materials were included in the final film. The film follows Master Hoa back to Southeast Asia to search for the graves of his wife and two children. Hoa escaped Vietnam in 1981 on a boat with his family and friends. He is the sole survivor.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[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. ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Paul Le]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[500 Oral Histories Project]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-11-30]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2013-11-30]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:dateAccepted><![CDATA[2013-11-30]]></dcterms:dateAccepted>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Interviewer: Nancy Bui]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Audio and Video Recorder: Nghia Tran]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[The creator of this material has granted The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation copyright to this audio, video and photo material. It is being made available for non-profit educational use.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:accessRights><![CDATA[Public Access Granted]]></dcterms:accessRights>
    <dcterms:license><![CDATA[Deed of Gift]]></dcterms:license>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[Luong Le (son) and Roger Le (grandson)]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[This oral history material was born digital, with original sound in wav, original moving image in mvi and original text in doc. The materials were converted into mp3, mp4 and pdf for online access.]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:medium><![CDATA[This oral history material was born digital and saved to external hard drive.]]></dcterms:medium>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[Vietnamese]]></dcterms:language>
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    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[Paul, Le, interview by Nancy Bui, November 30, 2013. Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation oral history interviews, 2017, Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive.]]></dcterms:bibliographicCitation>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Meadows, Charles]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Vietnam War, 1961-1975]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oral biography]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Veterans]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Chuck Meadows is a retired American Marine who was first deployed to Vietnam back in 1965. He details his training and his assignments while he was in Vietnam during the war and the multiple tours he participated in. He also describes what he saw and experienced while fighting in Vietnam, including when he found out that during the Tet Offensive in 1968, more than 3,000 civilians were killed by the North Vietnamese Army in Hue. Meadows mentions what he thought about the American coverage of the Vietnam War as well. Meadows has been back to Vietnam many times since the end of the war and he explains what he thinks about the country now and what he hopes the country will become in the future.<br />
<br />
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. Interviews were conducted by the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation  as part of the national 500 Oral Histories Project. <br />
<br />
Additionally, this interview was recorded in the process of producing VIETNAMERICA, a feature-length film and follow-up to the short documentary, Master Hoa&#039;s Requiem. Not all interview materials were included in the final film. The film follows Master Hoa back to Southeast Asia to search for the graves of his wife and two children. Hoa escaped Vietnam in 1981 on a boat with his family and friends. He is the sole survivor.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Chuck Meadows is an American Marine who was first deployed to Vietnam back in 1965. He details his training and his assignments while he was in Vietnam during the war and the multiple tours he participated in. He also describes what he saw and experienced while fighting in Vietnam, including when he found out that during the Tet Offensive in 1968, more than 3,000 civilians were killed by the North Vietnamese Army in Hue. Meadows mentions what he thought about the American coverage of the Vietnam War as well. Meadows has been back to Vietnam many times since the end of the war and he explains what he thinks about the country now and what he hopes the country will become in the future.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Charles Meadows]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[500 Oral Histories Project]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-11-20]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2013-11-20]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:dateAccepted><![CDATA[2012-07-20]]></dcterms:dateAccepted>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Interviewer: Nancy Bui]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Video and audio recorder: Ted Acheson]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[The creator of this material has granted The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation copyright to this audio, video and photo material. It is being made available for non-profit educational use.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:accessRights><![CDATA[Public Access Granted]]></dcterms:accessRights>
    <dcterms:license><![CDATA[Deed of Gift]]></dcterms:license>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[This oral history material was born digital, with original sound in wav, original moving image in mvi and original text in doc. The materials were converted into mp3, mp4 and pdf for online access. ]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[52:11]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[26:06]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:medium><![CDATA[This oral history material was born digital and saved to external hard drive.<br />
]]></dcterms:medium>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
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    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[Meadows, Charles, interview by Nancy Bui. July, 20, 2012. Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation oral history interviews, 2017, Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. ]]></dcterms:bibliographicCitation>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></dcterms:coverage>
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