Whitenbach-Santos, Richard
Abstract
Dr. Richard Whitenbach Santos was a captain in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War and served as Special Assistant to the commander of Naval Forces during Operation New Life in Guam, an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States which temporarily hosted 100,000 Vietnamese in 1975. He details the stories of everyday life in the refugee camp, the bureaucratic processes and emotional turmoils experienced by him and the refugees he helped to resettle. He is currently serves as a senior policy adviser.
Date
2012-05-11
Contributor
Interviewer: Nancy Bui
Audio and Video Recorder: Vu Tran
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Citation
Richard Whitenbach Santos, “Whitenbach-Santos, Richard,” Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive (ViDDA), accessed May 5, 2024, https://vietdiasporastories.omeka.net/items/show/10.
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