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Võ, Văn Bằng
Vo Van Bang was born in the city of Hue, Thua Thien, Vietnam, where he later served as council member. He was present during the early stages of the Tet Offensive of 1968. He recalls hearing gun shots from the North Vietnamese Army and fleeing to…
Nguyen, Thanh Chieu
Nguyen Thanh Chieu also known by his pen name, Thanh Thuong Hoang, was a journalist, novelist, and war correspondent in Vietnam between 1953 and 1975. His grandfather and father were both part of the anti-colonial resistance. He recounts what he…
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…
Vu, Chieu-Anh
Chieu Anh Vu is a fashion designer and 1.5 generation Vietnamese with Dutch, Canadian and American identities. She describes her birth at sea after her parents escaped the Fall of Saigon on a ship. She expresses her passion for her career and…
Meadows, Charles
Chuck Meadows is a retired American Marine who was first deployed to Vietnam back in 1965. He details his training and his assignments while he was in Vietnam during the war and the multiple tours he participated in. He also describes what he saw and…
Nguyễn, Thị Hạnh Nhơn
Nguyen Thi Hanh Nhon was born in 1927 in Hue, Vietnam. Her father was a high-ranking official under Emperor Bao Dai. Under the French regime, she served in the corps of females assistants, which later became the corps of female soldiers under the…
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…
Whitenbach-Santos, Richard
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…
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…