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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,…
Tags: Anticommunism, Boat People, Catholicism, Children in Wartime, Chinese in Vietnam, Communism or Communists, Families in Wartime, Freedom, Guam, Humanitarian Organization, Los Angeles CA (USA), Media (Radio Television Film), Musician or Vocalist, New Economic Zone, Nonprofit Organization, Orderly Departure Program 1980-1997, Pirates, Poverty, Reeducation or Detention Camp (VN), Refugee Camp, Refugees, Resettlement, Vietnam (Contemporary), Vietnam (Northern), Vietnam War 1955-1975
Nguyen, Dat
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…