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Tran, Dinh Tru
Tru Dinh Tran was a Navy commander for the Republic of Vietnam. He recalls his experiences as an officer, taking refuge in Guam after the Fall of Saigon, and deciding to return to his family in Vietnam where he was imprisoned in a reeducation camp…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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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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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…
Dang, Quang Van and Do, Nam Thi
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…
Dang, Hoan
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.
The Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive (ViDDA) is a grassroots collection…
The Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive (ViDDA) is a grassroots collection…