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Võ, Văn Bằng
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…
Meadows, Charles
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…
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…
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…
Dong, Minh Quang
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…
Nguyen, Nam Loc
Nam Loc Nguyen discusses his involvement as director for the Immigration and Refugee department for Catholic Charities, in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. He begins with the story of how he, himself, was a refugee that fled from Saigon on April 27,…
Nguyen, Nam (Michael)
Father Michael Nam Nguyen describes his experiences living in a Catholic community under communist rule during the aftermath of the Fall of Saigon. His family escaped by boat to a refugee camp in Malaysia before being resettled in the United States.…
Armitage, Richard L.
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…
Nguyen, Nghiem Van
Vietnamese language interview with Nguyen Van Nghiem, pastor at Mary Queen of Vietnam Church in New Orleans. He describes his experiences fleeing Vietnam by boat.
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive.…
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive.…
Pham, Van Tue (Joseph)
Vietnamese language interview with Father Pham Van Tue. He describes working in a refugee camp in Southeast Asia and talks about issues among the youth.
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. Interviews were…
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. Interviews were…