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Title
Oral History of Cuong C. Tran
Creator
Tran, Cuong C.
Contributor
Chen, Allen
Date Created and/or Issued
2014-02-27
Contributing Institution
UC Irvine, Libraries, Southeast Asian Archive
Collection
Viet Stories: Vietnamese American Oral History project
Rights Information
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This material is provided for private study, scholarship, or research. Transmission or reproduction of any material protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Contact the University of California, Irvine Libraries, Special Collections and Archives for more information (spcoll@uci.edu).
Description
Scope/Content: An oral history with Cuong C. Tran, born in 1960 in Saigon, Vietnam. He is a Chinese-ethnic born in Vietnam who was forced to escape Saigon at the age of 17. Cuong describes, in detail, his journey as a boat person and his experience with assimilating into a new country at a young age. He also discusses the obstacles he had to face in gaining citizenship while struggling to make a living for himself and his family. After coming to the United States, Cuong married his wife and had two children who are currently in college. He lives in West Covina, California with his wife and ends the oral history with advice to the 2nd generation Vietnamese and Chinese Americans on appreciation and tradition.
Scope/Content: This recording is from the Linda Vo Class Oral Histories, 2014 subcollection.
Type
sound
Format
1 mp3 audio; 1 pdf transcription English; 1 pdf time log English; 1 pdf field notes English;1 jpg image file
Extent
01:09:18
Identifier
ark:/81235/d8bm9n
VAOHP0169_P01.JPG
http://hdl.handle.net/10575/11425
Language
English
en
Subject
Banker | Children | China | Chinese and ethnic Chinese | Citizenship | College or university | Communism | Communist | Education | Elderly | Emigration | Employment | Escape | English as a second language (ESL) | Ethnicity | Farming | High school | Identity | Immigrant | Marriage | Naturalization | Normalization Nurse | Race relations | Refugee camp (Thailand) | Resettlement | Sponsors or sponsorship | Sports | Student | Tradition or custom | Vietnam War | Youth | Little Saigon (Orange County, California) | Los Angeles, California | Vietnam, Northern | Vietnam, Southern
Time Period
1960-1969
Relation
Linda Vo Class Oral Histories, 2014

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