Narrator: Pham, Duc Tri

Interviewer: Pham, Michelle Le

Date of Interview: 2012-02-25

Permanent Link To This Item: http://hdl.handle.net/10575/1652

Summary: An oral history with Duc Tri Pham, a machinist from Orange County, CA. This interview recounts Pham’s experiences living in Vietnam before, during, and after the Vietnam War. Pham escaped Vietnam in 1982 as a boat person and ended up in Thai and Philippine refugee camps to await sponsorship to the United States. Upon arriving to the United States, Pham struggles with issues of identity and acclimation. Though he does not agree with strict Communism, Pham accepts Vietnam’s current situation.

Decade of Birth: 1960-1969

Subjects: Boat People | Saigon (Vietnam) | Family | Communist | Education | Anticommunist | Viet Cong | Refugee camp (Thailand) | Refugee camp (Philippines) | Santa Ana, California | English as a second language (ESL) | Protests | Communism

Type: Sound

Duration: 01:46:42

Language: English

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Provenance: Recorded Digitally

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