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Quach, Tien
Quach Tien was born in Saigon, Vietnam and left the country when he was three years old. He recalls the discrimination the family faced because his father had served in the ARVN (Army Republic of Vietnam). He became a US citizen in the late 1980s and…
Hoang, Mong Thu (Megan)
Mong Hoang was sixteen years old during the Fall of Saigon. Previously, her family owned a restaurant that had served American troops near an airbase. She and her family was sent off to work in a rubber tree plantation as part of a communist…
Hoàng, Loan Phi
Vietnamese language interview with Hoàng Phi Loan, a former South Vietnamese school teacher who give an emotional account of the time she spent imprisoned in a communist reeducation camp.
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora…
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora…
Vu, Phan
Phan Vu was born in April of 1933. As a young adult, he studied philosophy in Saigon, and until 1966 he served in the South Vietnamese Army and rose to the rank of lieutenant. He then became a high school French teacher. After the Fall of Saigon in…
Le, Luong
English and Vietnamese language interview with Luong Le, who describes life in Cam Ranh Airforce Base during the time that his father worked at a US base located there. He also describes what it was like postwar, including the discrimination of…
Nguyen, Diem Minh
Nguyen Diem Minh was a former school teacher in South Vietnam and a political prisoner following the communist takeover of South Vietnam.
This interview is part of the Northeast Coast Collection of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive.…
This interview is part of the Northeast Coast Collection of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive.…
Rosenblatt, Lionel
Lionel Rosenblatt discusses his experiences as a former foreign service officer with the CORDS program in Vietnam, whose goal was to gain support from the rural population for the government of South Vietnam. He organized a way to evacuate by air…
Dang, Khiet Dinh
Vietnamese language interview with Khiet Dinh Dang, a devout Buddhist and former school teacher in Vietnam.
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. Interviews were conducted by the Vietnamese American Heritage…
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. Interviews were conducted by the Vietnamese American Heritage…
Le, Roger
Roger Le, a second generation Vietnamese American, shares his family history, including how his family was treated as second class citizens after the war and subsequently their family's escape from Vietnam to the Philippines on a boat.
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Lu, Nina
Nina Lu is a 1.5 generation American from the Hunan region in China. Her father is from Vietnam. She is currently working on a Master's in Business at UT Austin. She speaks about the importance of improving access to a broader historical perspective…