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Memorial, Thailand, Koh Kra Island
Plaque honoring those who were kidnapped, raped, marooned, abused, tortured, or murdered on this island during their attempts to flee Vietnam. Some estimate that up to 160 refugees suffered on this island. The plaque recognizes Ted Schweitzer, who…
Trinh, Hoi
English language interview with Hoi Trinh. His parents were both teachers in Saigon, but were made to work in agriculture postwar. His family tried to escape several times and were caught. He recall being imprisoned for three months at eight years…
Quan, Roger
Roger Quan was born in the Cho Lon District (Chinatown) in Saigon, Vietnam. He worked as a machinist. He was granted asylum to the U.S. through the Orderly Departure Program in 1988 and eventually settled near San Jose, California.
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Nguyen,Van Toan (Andrew)
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…
Nguyen, Tho V. (Thomas)
Thomas Nguyen was born in Saigon, Vietnam in 1960. He was fifteen years old when South Vietnam fell. After the war, his family moved to a rural area to cultivate farmland that was then confiscated and made into a rubber tree plantation under the…
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…
Siv, Sichan
Sichan Siv recalls his youth in Cambodia during the military conflicts in neighboring Vietnam and the emergence of the communist Khmer Rouge. He escaped the country for fear that he would endanger his family because of his education and his work as…
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…
Tang, Can
Can Tang worked with the United States CIA during the Vietnam War. Postwar, he was imprisoned in a reeducation camp by the new communist government until his family bribed an official to release him in 1983. He escaped Vietnam in a small boat from…