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    <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>
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    <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>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Tang, Can ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Vietnam War, 1961-1975]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oral biography]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Can Tang worked with the United States CIA during the Vietnam War. Postwar, he was imprisoned in a reeducation camp by the new communist government  until his family bribed an official to release him in 1983. He escaped Vietnam in a small boat from My Tho in April of 1983 with 112 people aboard. He describes how he lost hope as multiple ships, including American boats, passed them by and would not rescue them. They were in international waters when they were robbed by Thai pirates. His daughter and other young girls were abducted. On the fourth day, their boat ended up in refugee camps in Malaysia and then they were moved to the Philippines, where he volunteered to translate and represent Indochinese refugees to the broader public. Over thirty years later, he speaks emotionally about his continuing grief at the loss of his daughter and his continuing efforts to locate her. <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[Can Tang worked with the United States CIA during the Vietnam War. Postwar, he was imprisoned in a reeducation camp by the new communist government  until his family bribed an official to release him in 1983. He escaped Vietnam in a small boat from My Tho in April of 1983 with 112 people aboard. He describes how he lost hope as multiple ships, including American boats, passed them by and would not rescue them. They were in international waters when they were robbed by Thai pirates. His daughter and other young girls were abducted. On the fourth day, their boat ended up in refugee camps in Malaysia and then they were moved to the  Philippines, where he volunteered to translate and represent Indochinese refugees to the broader public. Over thirty years later, he speaks emotionally about his continuing grief at the loss of his daughter and his continuing efforts to locate her. ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Can Thang]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[500 Oral Histories Project]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-10-28]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2012-10-28]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Interviewer: Nancy Bui]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Video and Audio 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[Father of Khanh Duc Tang, Item #52]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:hasFormat><![CDATA[Moving image materials also available in thm format.]]></dcterms:hasFormat>
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    <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[Can, Tang interview by Nancy Bui. October 28, 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[Phan, Chris]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Vietnam War, 1961-1975]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oral biography]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Chris Phan was born in the Vinh Long province in Vietnam. His dad and uncles had been involved in the military or politics in South Vietnam, but after 1975, his family was forced to move to a rural area during the land reforms. He remembers that his grandmother had the foresight to bury gold and money across their land in order to survive during that time. His father escaped Vietnam and after eight years was able to sponsor the family moved to Indiana in 1981. He is an attorney by profession and was elected to the Garden Grove City Council in 2012. He currently serves as Orange County Deputy District Attorney, in addition to a United States Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps Officer, and a university law professor. He was a founding member of the Vietnamese American Armed Forces Association.<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[Chris Phan was born in the Vinh Long province in Vietnam. His dad and uncles had been involved in the military or politics in South Vietnam, but after 1975, his family was forced to move to a rural area during the land reforms. He remembers that his grandmother had the foresight to bury gold and money across their land in order to survive during that time. His father escaped Vietnam and after eight years was able to sponsor the family moved to Indiana in 1981. He is an attorney by profession and was elected to the Garden Grove City Council in 2012. He currently serves as Orange County Deputy District Attorney, in addition to a United States Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps Officer, and a university law professor. He was a founding member of the Vietnamese American Armed Forces Association.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Chris Phan]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[500 Oral Histories]]></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[2013-04-07]]></dcterms:dateAccepted>
    <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[English]]></dcterms:language>
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    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound recording]]></dcterms:type>
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    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[Phan, Chris, interview, April 2, 2013. Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation oral history interviews, 2017, Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive.]]></dcterms:bibliographicCitation>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[United States]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://vietdiasporastories.omeka.net/items/show/34">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Parker, James E.]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Vietnam War, 1961-1975]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Veterans]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[James E. Parker, ex-CIA agent and author of &#039;Last Man Out: A Personal Account of the Vietnam War&#039; (2008) and &#039;The Vietnam War: Its Ownself&#039; (2015) discusses his perspectives on the Vietnam War based on his personal experience.<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[James E. Parker, ex-CIA agent and author of &#039;Last Man Out: A Personal Account of the Vietnam War&#039; (2008) and &#039;The Vietnam War: Its Ownself&#039; (2015) discusses his perspectives on the Vietnam War based on his personal experience.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[James E. Parker]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[500 Oral Histories Project]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-08-13]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2012-08-13]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:dateAccepted><![CDATA[2012-08-13]]></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>
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    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[Parker, James E., interview by Nancy Bui. August 13, 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[Khúc, Minh Thơ]]></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 Khuc Minh Tho, President of the FVPPA (Families of Vietnamese Political Prisoners Association),  and board member of The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation. She recalled how Vietnamese American organizations petitioned the Vietnamese Communist government to free all political prisoners after the war to allow them to settle in US. The request was denied and the new Vietnamese government claimed that &quot;there were no political prisoners in Vietnam.&quot; Since then, she has organized in an attempt to free the remaining prisoners of war and has been deeply involved community organizing. <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 Khuc Minh Tho, President of the FVPPA (Families of Vietnamese Political Prisoners Association),  and board member of The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation. She recalled how Vietnamese American organizations petitioned the Vietnamese Communist government to free all political prisoners after the war to allow them to settle in US. The request was denied and the new Vietnamese government claimed that &quot;there were no political prisoners in Vietnam.&quot; Since then, she has organized in an attempt to free the remaining prisoners of war and has been deeply involved community organizing. ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Khúc Minh Thơ ]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[500 Oral Histories Project]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-08-30]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2013-08-30]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:dateAccepted><![CDATA[2013-08-30]]></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 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[Vietnamese]]></dcterms:language>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Nguyen, Nam Loc]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Vietnam War, 1961-1975]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oral biography]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Non-governmental organizations]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[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, 1975. He was processed through Guam, where he worked and gained experience resettling fellow refugees. He reflects on all aspects of the refugee experience, including the first migrations of Vietnamese families, including his, from the North to the South, the difficult conditions that everyday civilians had to endure during the war and subsequent secondary migrations of individuals and families by foot, by plane or by boat.   <br />
<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[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, 1975. He was processed through Guam, where he worked and gained experience resettling fellow refugees. He reflects on all aspects of the refugee experience, including the first migrations of Vietnamese families, including his, from the North to the South, the difficult conditions that everyday civilians had to endure during the war and subsequent secondary migrations of individuals and families by foot, by plane or by boat.   ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Loc Nam 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[2013-07-31]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2013-07-31]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:dateAccepted><![CDATA[2013-07-31]]></dcterms:dateAccepted>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Interviewer: Nancy Bui]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Audio and Video Recorder: Nghia Tran]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Transcription (Vietnamese), Translation and Subtitles: Phi Phan]]></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: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>
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    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[Loc, Nguyen Nam, interview by Nancy Bui. July 31, 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>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Nguyen, Nam (Michael)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oral biography]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Vietnam War, 1961-1975]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[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. He recalls the culture shock of coming in to a public school system as a teenager and the choice he made to enter the seminary instead of following a career in football. He also describes the destruction to his ethnic community and parish caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and his current work leading a parish as the sole pastor in a mainstream Catholic church. Even so, he is still tied to the Vietnamese community and regularly attends weddings, funerals and holiday celebrations. <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 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. He recalls the culture shock of coming in to a public school system as a teenager and the choice he made to enter the seminary instead of following a career in football. He also describes the destruction to his ethnic community and parish caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and his current work leading a parish as the sole pastor in a mainstream Catholic church. Even so, he is still tied to the Vietnamese community and regularly attends weddings, funerals and holiday celebrations. ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Michael Nam 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[2013-02-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2013-02-10]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:dateAccepted><![CDATA[2013-02-10]]></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>
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    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[Michael, Nguyen Nam, interview by Nancy Bui. February 10, 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[Malaysia]]></dcterms:coverage>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[United States]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <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/157">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Nguyễn, Thu Thảo Phan (Jacqueline)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Nguyễn, Thảo (Jacqueline)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Nguyen, Thao  (Jacqueline)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Vietnam War, 1961-1975]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oral biography]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Nguyen Phan Thu Thao (Jacqueline) was born in Danang, Vietnam. Her family moved to Saigon, Vietnam and later fled the country by boat to Malaysian and then Philippine refugee camps. Her family immigrated separately to the United States--one of her sisters drowned at sea. She became a pharmacist and lives in San Diego, California. She regularly appears on Vietnamese-language television and reflects on the legacy that wants to leave behind.<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[Nguyen Phan Thu Thao (Jacqueline) was born in Danang, Vietnam. Her family moved to Saigon, Vietnam and later fled the country by boat to Malaysian and then Philippine refugee camps. Her family immigrated separately to the United States--one of her sisters drowned at sea. She became a pharmacist and lives in San Diego, California. She regularly appears on Vietnamese-language television and reflects on the legacy that wants to leave behind.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Nguyễn Phan Thu Thảo ]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[500 Oral Histories Project]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2010-05-22]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2010-05-22]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:dateAccepted><![CDATA[2010-05-22]]></dcterms:dateAccepted>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Interviewer: Jason Wang]]></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: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[Moving image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[Nguyen, Thao (Jacqueline) interview by Nancy Bui. May 22, 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>
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    <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>
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