Summary: Phat Tran reveals his history through interview, exploring his memories which are seldom spoken. This interview concentrates on his childhood in Vietnam, his experience with the Orderly Departure Program, early life as a first generation Vietnamese American, opening his own business, and his overall impression of his life. He is a narrator of UC Irvine’s Vietnamese American Oral History Project whose purpose is to archive these

Decade of Birth: 1960-1969

Subject (s): Orderly Departure Program | San Diego, California | Family | Saigon (Vietnam) | Chinese and ethnic Chinese | Children | Boat People | Refugee camp (Malaysia) | Family Sponsorship | Education | Employment | Business owner | Paris by Night

Type: Sound

Duration: 01:25:20

Language: English

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Provenance: Recorded Digitally

Publisher: University of California, Irvine Libraries. Southeast Asian Archive. Irvine, California 92623-9557.

Permanent link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10575/1638