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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bùi, Thi Hội-Hướng ]]></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 Bùi Thị Hội-Hướng. Her husband was a filmmaker who was arrested after Saigon fell.<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 Bùi Thị Hội-Hướng. Her husband was a filmmaker who was arrested after Saigon fell.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Bùi Thị Hội-Hướng]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[500 Oral Histories Project]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-12-11]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2013-12-11]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:dateAccepted><![CDATA[2013-12-11]]></dcterms:dateAccepted>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Interviewer: Nancy Bui]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Videographer: 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: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>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound recording]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Moving image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[Hội-Hướng, Thị Bùi interview by Nancy Bui, December 11, 2013. Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation oral history interviews, 2017, Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive.]]></dcterms:bibliographicCitation>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://vietdiasporastories.omeka.net/items/show/228">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Cao, Quang Ánh]]></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 Cao Quang Ánh from Louisiana. Cao is a native of Vietnam. His father was an officer in the South Vietnamese Army who was imprisoned after the fall of Saigon to communist North Vietnam in 1975. His mother raised their seven children  and eventually fled the country with them and resettled in the United States. Cao earned a B.S. in physics from Baylor University, an M.A. in philosophy from Fordham University, and earned a J.D. at the Loyola School of Law from 1997 to 2000. He worked as in-house counsel for Boat People SOS, an organization &quot;seeking to aid the social and cultural assimilation for poor immigrants.&quot; He was elected as a U.S. Representative for Louisiana&#039;s 2nd Congressional District in 2008, becoming the first Vietnamese-American ever elected to Congress and the first Republican to represent his district since 1891. He served one term.<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 Cao Quang Ánh from Louisiana. Cao is a native of Vietnam, the son of an officer in the U.S.-supported South Vietnamese Army. After the fall of Saigon to communist North Vietnam in 1975, Cao&#039;s father was imprisoned and his mother was left to raise the couple&#039;s seven children. Cao and two of his siblings fled the country for the U.S. He ultimately earned a B.S. in physics from Baylor University, and an M.A. in philosophy from Fordham University in 1995. Cao studied law at the Loyola School of Law from 1997 to 2000; after earning his J.D., he became an associate at the Waltzer Law Firm. After leaving Waltzer, he worked as in-house counsel for Boat People SOS, an organization &quot;seeking to aid the social and cultural assimilation for poor immigrants.&quot; He opened a private practice, which he continues to operate, in 2002. Cao has also served on the Board of Elections for Orleans Parish, the Republican Parish Executive Committee and the Louisiana State Republican Executive Committee. <br />
He was elected as a U.S. Representative for Louisiana&#039;s 2nd Congressional District in 2008, becoming the first Vietnamese-American ever elected to Congress and the first Republican to represent his district since 1891. He served one term.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Cao Quang Ánh]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[500 Oral Histories Project]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation ]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2010-07-24]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2010-07-23]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:dateAccepted><![CDATA[2010-07-23]]></dcterms:dateAccepted>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Interviewer: Roger Le]]></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[Moving image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[Cao, Quang Ánh interview by Nancy Bui in July 24, 2010. Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation oral history interviews. Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive, 2019.]]></dcterms:bibliographicCitation>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></dcterms:coverage>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[United States]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://vietdiasporastories.omeka.net/items/show/5">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Vu, Chieu-Anh ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Chieu-Anh, Vu]]></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:subject><![CDATA[Oral biography]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Vietnamese Canadians]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Chieu Anh Vu is a fashion designer and 1.5 generation Vietnamese with Dutch, Canadian and American identities. She describes her birth at sea after her parents escaped the Fall of Saigon on a ship. She expresses her passion for her career and encourages the Vietnamese community to support the arts. She also encourages young Vietnamese to embrace their identities and follow their dreams. <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[Chieu-Anh (Vu) Volcek describes her birth on the ship the Truong Xuan after her parents escaped the Fall of Saigon on a ship. She expresses her passion for her career and encourages the Vietnamese community to support the arts. She also encourages young Vietnamese to embrace their identities and follow their dreams. ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Chieu Anh Vu]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[500  Oral Histories Project]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-04-07]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2013-04-07]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:dateAccepted><![CDATA[2013-06-04]]></dcterms:dateAccepted>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Interviewer: Jeanne Nguyen]]></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: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:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[oral histories]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[Chieu-Anh, Vu. interview by Jeanne Nguyen. April 7, 2013. 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>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Canada]]></dcterms:coverage>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Denmark]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://vietdiasporastories.omeka.net/items/show/223">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Dang, Hoan]]></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 Hoan Dang, who was born in Saigon. He evacuated from from Saigon with his family in 1975 and was processed in a refugee camp in Guam.<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 Hoan Dang, who was born in Saigon. He evacuated from from Saigon with his family in 1975 and was processed in a refugee camp in Guam.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Hoan Dang]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[500 Oral Histories Project]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation ]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2010-07-27]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2010-07-27]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:dateAccepted><![CDATA[2010-07-27]]></dcterms:dateAccepted>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Interviewer: Jason Wang]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Videographer: Roger Le]]></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[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Moving image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound recording]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[Dang, Hoan interview by Jason Wang on February 27, 2010. Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation oral history interviews. Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive, 2019.]]></dcterms:bibliographicCitation>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[United States]]></dcterms:coverage>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://vietdiasporastories.omeka.net/items/show/70">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Duong, Nguyet Anh]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Vietnam War, 1961-1975]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oral biography]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[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 refugee camp in Guam before they were given political asylum in the United States. After resettling in the US as a young adult, she graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, earning a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering and a B.S. degree in Computer Science. In her professional career, she is best known for assembling and leading a team of scientists and engineers to develop a Thermobaric bomb. <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[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 refugee camp in Guam before they were given political asylum in the United States. After resettling in the US as a young adult, she graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, earning a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering and a B.S. degree in Computer Science. In her professional career, she is best known for assembling and leading a team of scientists and engineers to develop a Thermobaric bomb. ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Anh Nguyet Duong]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[500 Oral Histories Project]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-04-20]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2013-08-20]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:dateAccepted><![CDATA[2013-08-22]]></dcterms:dateAccepted>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Interviewer: Dung Hoang]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Video and Audio Recorder: Nghia Tran]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Transcript: Diem Huong]]></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[Moving image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound recording]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[Anh, Nguyet Duong interview by Dung Hoang. April 20, 2013. 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>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://vietdiasporastories.omeka.net/items/show/90">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Hoang, Diem]]></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 Diem Hoang, who was born in Vietnam to a Vietnamese mother and US military father. She discusses her search to find her father.<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 Diem Hoang, who was born in Vietnam to a Vietnamese mother and US military father. She discusses her search to find her father.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Hoang Diem]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[500 Oral Histories]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-06-03]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2013-06-03]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:dateAccepted><![CDATA[2013-06-03]]></dcterms:dateAccepted>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Interviewer: Nancy Bui and Other]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Videographer: 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[Ken Wuest (Item 91) is her father. ]]></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>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Moving image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound recording]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[Diem, Hoang, interview by Nancy Bui, June 3, 2013. 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>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://vietdiasporastories.omeka.net/items/show/140">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Hoang, Khanh Han (Kathy)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Vietnam War, 1961-1975]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oral biography]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Kathy Khan is the first Vietnamese American woman appointed to a full-time presiding judge position in Houston, Texas. She relates the multiple challenges that she has endured as a minority and a woman in her career. She escaped Vietnam on April 29, 1975 along with her husband, her premature one-month-old and 18 month old baby. She describes how they found a ship amidst gunfire and chaos that took them to safety, and eventually were processed in a refugee camp and sponsored to resettle in the United States. <br />
<br />
This interview is part of the 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[Kathy Khan is the first Vietnamese American woman appointed to a full-time presiding judge position in Houston, Texas. She relates the multiple challenges that she has endured as a minority and a woman in her career. She escaped Vietnam on April 29, 1975 along with her husband, her premature one-month-old and 18 month old baby. She describes how they found a ship amidst gunfire and chaos that took them to safety, and eventually were processed in a refugee camp and sponsored to resettle in the United States. ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Khanh Han Bao Hoang (Kathy)]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[500 Oral Histories Project]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-02-18<br />
2011-03-05]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2013-02-18<br />
2011-03-05]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:dateAccepted><![CDATA[2011-03-05]]></dcterms:dateAccepted>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Interviewer 2013: Nancy Bui<br />
Videographer: Nghia Tran]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Interviewer 2011: Bui Dang Khoa (Scott)]]></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<br />
]]></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[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Moving image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[Hoang, Khanh Han Bao (Kathy), interview by Scott Bui on March 5, 2011 and Nancy Bui on February 18, 2013. Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation oral history interviews, 2017, Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive.]]></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>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></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[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>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://vietdiasporastories.omeka.net/items/show/23">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Huynh,  Mylene T. ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Vietnam War, 1961-1975]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oral biography]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Military service, Voluntary--United States]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Mylene Huynh describes her childhood growing up in the beach city of Nha Trang during wartime. Her father was a physician that worked for the South Vietnamese. Her mother was a pharmacist. Her father later was place in a reeducation camp for one year, after which the family escaped by boat to the Philippines. Her family resettled in the United States where she became a medical doctor and served in the Air Force, a choice she made to repay the United States for accepting her family and fellow Vietnamese refugees. All of her siblings have served in the US military in some capacity.<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[Mylene Huynh describes her childhood growing up in the beach city of Nha Trang during wartime. Her father was a physician that worked for the South Vietnamese. Her mother was a pharmacist. Her father later was place in a reeducation camp for one year, after which the family escaped by boat to the Philippines. Her family resettled in the United States where she became a medical doctor and served in the Air Force, a choice she made to repay the United States for accepting her family and fellow Vietnamese refugees. All of her siblings have served in the US military in some capacity.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Mylene Huynh]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[500 Oral Histories Project]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-04-22]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2013-04-22]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:dateAccepted><![CDATA[2013-04-22]]></dcterms:dateAccepted>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Interviewer: Nancy Bui]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Audio/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: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: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:type><![CDATA[Text]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[Mylene, Huynh T., interview by Nancy Bui. April 22,, 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>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://vietdiasporastories.omeka.net/items/show/87">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[La, Quy Huy ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Vietnam War, 1961-1975]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oral biography]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[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.<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 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.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[La Huy Quy]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[500 Oral Histories Project]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-11-12]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2013-11-12]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:dateAccepted><![CDATA[2013-11-12]]></dcterms:dateAccepted>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Interviewer: Nancy Bui]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Videographer: 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: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>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Moving image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound recording]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[Quy, Hyu La, interview by Nancy Bui, December 12, 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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