There are moments in history when a nation changes the course of another people’s destiny. For more than 2 million Vietnamese Americans, America became that place. Fifty-one years ago, many of us arrived with little more than hope. Some came with a small suitcase. Some came with nothing at all. […]
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“Gold Card” to America
More than 51 years ago, many Vietnamese families paid dozens of taels of gold for a chance to escape Vietnam by boat through what was once called the “official departure” program. Many were cheated, robbed, separated from loved ones, or disappeared at sea. No one truly knows how many eventually […]


