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Duong, Nguyet Anh
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…
Tran, Tuyet
Tuyet Tran describes the hectic last days before the Fall of Saigon, her escape by airplane to the refugee camp of Guam, and her life adjusting in the United States. She recounts her struggles raising three children in a new country, learning a new…
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,…
Amsden, Be Ba Thi
Vietnamese language interview with Be Ba Thi Amsden, who was a refugee from Vietnam who resettled in Guam, an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States which temporarily hosted 100,000 Vietnamese in a temporary camp in 1975.
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Samiana, Dung P.
Vietnamese language interview with Dung Samiana was a refugee from Vietnam who resettled in Guam, an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States which temporarily hosted 100,000 Vietnamese in a temporary camp in 1975.
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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…
Dao, Duc C.
Vietnamese language interview with Duc C. Dao, who was a Vietnamese refugee during Operation New Life in Guam, an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States which temporarily hosted 100,000 Vietnamese in 1975. He subsequently settled…
Whitenbach-Santos, Richard
Dr. Richard Whitenbach Santos was a captain in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War and served as Special Assistant to the commander of Naval Forces during Operation New Life in Guam, an unincorporated and organized territory of the United…
Baza, Raymond T.
Raymond T. Baza recounts his experiences processing the first group of 7,000 refugees from Vietnam, about five or six hundred "Operation Baby Lift" infants, to a camp in Guam, an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States which…
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…