Summary: Huyen Nguyen, a graduate of the University of California, Irvine, is a senior programming analyst at Western Growers. The interview focuses on her experiences before the fall in April 1975, settling in the U.S., and adjusting to life a new life in the U.S.. Her stories detail what she had in Vietnam, what she lost, and what she had to work for. She went from a life living in a well‐to‐do family with a prestigious reputation to a refugee who had to work her hardest to make a comfortable living in a new country. As a first generation Vietnamese, she tries to impart on listeners the lessons learned and the hardships endured during her life.

Decade of Birth: 1960-1969

Subject (s): Boat People | Santa Ana, California | Qui Nhon (Vietnam) | Catholic | Vietnam War | Police | Reeducation camp | Fort Chaffee, Arkansas | Sponsors or sponsorship | Discrimination | Acculturation | Citizenship | Remittances | Tradition or custom

Type: Sound

Duration: 01:11:38

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/10575/1649