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Vietnamese language with Lê Đình Cương, who was born in Quang Ngai, Vietnam. In 1952, Viet Cong forces took over his father's home to house their soldiers; the French released two bombs on the house, completely destroying it. In 1959, he joined the…

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Vietnamese language interview with Truong Phung Nhu.

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…

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Vietnamese language interview with Nguyen Van Nam, who rose to the rank of Colonel in the South Vietnamese Army during the Vietnam War. He was forced to flee Vietnam during the Fall of Saigon and resettled in Texas, where he worked in a number of…

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Vietnamese language interview with Nguyen Cong Anh Tuan.

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…

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Vietnamese language interview with Dang Van Quang and Do Thi Nam of San Jose, California. Dang Van Quang was born in Soc Trang, Vietnam in 1929 and became a lieutenant general in the South Vietnamese Army. Do Thi Nam was born in 1932 and is from Can…

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Vietnamese language interview with Tran Van Nga, who was born on January 10, 1935. He was a major for the South Vietnamese Army and later immigrated to the United States under the Humanitarian Operation or Operation New Life. He was trained and…

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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…

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Hue Ngoc Tran, nicknamed “Harry” by fellow officers, is a former lieutenant colonel with the 1st Infantry Division Army of the Republic of Vietnam. He discusses the battles he was involved in, including the Tet Offensive of 1968. He later received…

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Vietnamese language interview with Le Minh Dao, who was a South Vietnamese Army general who fought the last battle before the Fall of Saigon.

This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. Interviews were conducted by…

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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…
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