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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Nguyen, Dat]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Dat, Nguyen]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Vietnam War, 1961-1975]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Refugees]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Vietnamese Americans]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[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 applied to immigrate to the United States through the American Homecoming Act or Amerasian Homecoming Act, an Act of Congress giving preferential immigration status to children in Vietnam born of U.S. fathers. In 2007, he performed with his hero and inspiration, Stevie Wonder. He has also created a foundation to support people with talent that are disabled. He plays songs that he wrote on his guitar and describes how he uses music to heal and impart positive messages to people around the world, especially young people and those with disabilities.<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[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 applied to immigrate to the United States through the American Homecoming Act or Amerasian Homecoming Act, an Act of Congress giving preferential immigration status to children in Vietnam born of U.S. fathers. In 2007, he performed with his hero and inspiration, Stevie Wonder. He has also created a foundation to support people with talent that are disabled. He plays songs that he wrote on his guitar and describes how he uses music to heal and impart positive messages to people around the world, especially young people and those with disabilities.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Dat Nguyen]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[500 Oral Histories Project]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-08-03]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2012-08-03]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:dateAccepted><![CDATA[2012-08-03]]></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 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>
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    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[Dat, Nguyen, interview by Nancy Bui. August 3, 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[Nguyen,Van Toan (Andrew)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Vietnam War, 1961-1975]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oral biography]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Nguyen Van Toan recalls his childhood in North Vietnam and his family moving to South Vietnam after the 1954 partition of the country. He was conscripted into the army at the age of twenty while he was in college. He lost both of his legs in a land mine explosion during a battle near Saigon. He later escaped by boat to Thailand and describes the harrowing obstacles the refugees faced at a makeshift shelter, including sexual assault. He escaped once again with a group to international waters and found a refugee camp.  <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[Nguyen Van Toan recalls his childhood in North Vietnam and his family moving to South Vietnam after the 1954 partition of the country. He was conscripted into the army at the age of twenty while he was in college. He lost both of his legs in a land mine explosion during a battle near Saigon. He later escaped by boat to Thailand and describes the harrowing obstacles the refugees faced at a makeshift shelter, including sexual assault. He escaped once again with a group to international waters and found a refugee camp.  ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Nguyen Van Toan]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[500 Oral Histories Project]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-04-12]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2012-08-04]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:dateAccepted><![CDATA[2012-08-04]]></dcterms:dateAccepted>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Interviewer: Nancy Bui]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Videographer: 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:type><![CDATA[Sound recording]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Moving image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[Toan, Nguyen (Andrew) interview by Nancy Bui, August 4, 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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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Smith, Demian]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oral biography]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[At the time of the interview, Demian Smith was an attorney based out of Denver, Colorado who advocates for refugees, immigrant families and individuals with disabilities. He describes his experiences in an interracial marriage and multicultural blended family with a Vietnamese Cambodian woman. <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[At the time of the interview, Demian Smith was an attorney based out of Denver, Colorado who advocates for refugees, immigrant families and individuals with disabilities. He describes his experiences in an interracial marriage and multicultural blended family with a Vietnamese Cambodian woman. ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Demian Smith]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[500 Oral Histories Project]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-07-23]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2011-07-23]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:dateAccepted><![CDATA[2011-07-23]]></dcterms:dateAccepted>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Interviewer: Paul Nguyen]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Videographer: Hoai Pham]]></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.]]></dcterms:medium>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[Vietnamese]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Moving image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound recording]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[Smith, Demian interview by Paul Nguyen on July 23, 2011. Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation oral history interviews. Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive, 2019.]]></dcterms:bibliographicCitation>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[United States]]></dcterms:coverage>
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