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DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-759
title: Terry Duddy, A Medic's Story of Vietnam

description: [profile bio] Terrance Duddy was born in Coldwater, Michigan where he was raised by his mother and father on their farm. Growing up in Michigan, Mr. Duddy was not exposed to many Asian people or diverse cultures. After graduating high school, Mr. Duddy didn't have very many choices as his peers tended to have a negative influence on his studies growing up. Thus, Mr. Duddy turned to military service and enlisted into the army, as he saw this as a way to further his life and fulfill his duty as a good American citizen. When enlisted, Mr. Duddy was given the option of going to West Point Military Academy, but declined because of the long-term commitment it involved to the United States military. With this refusal to enroll to West Point, he was then sent to Vietnam where he preformed his duties of a medic, after he had received training from the military. While in Vietnam, Mr. Duddy did his best to perform his duties to excellence, while trying to keep his sanity. Even with the widespread use of drugs and prostitutes by the American soldiers, Mr. Duddy did not indulge those vices that were present during the war. However, due to the extent of his service and the obvious pressure of war he did reach out to those mediums as a way to relieve his stress from time to time. After Mr. Duddy's service in the military, he found himself in Southern California where he eventually chose to enroll into school. While attending college he took particular interest in acting, which occurred completely by accident. With this newfound love, he spent 20 years on the sets of small budget productions and commercial shoots. However, Mr. Duddy soon realized that part of his success in acting was accredited to the fact that he has developed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In fact, the reason why it took Mr. Duddy to realize that he was no longer the same person as before the was was due to the little known medical knowledge of the disorder around the time period of the War in Vietnam. Thus, with our knowledge of Mr. Duddy possessing PTSD our interview was largely controlled by his needs and preferences, as we did not want to invoke and alienate his condition. However, at the end of our interview, our group was pleased with both the information extracted from Mr. Duddy and the natural feel of the interaction between us. Today, Mr. Duddy is employed at American Legion where he works to educate the public of the many suppressed details of the War in Vietnam. In addition, given Mr. Duddy's conditions and with many soldiers currently living with PTSD, he actively reaches out to those in need of help, and works endlessly to assist veterans find ways to live their lives without being controlled by PTSD. [profiler bio] Payam Almasi: From Burlingame, California, just south of San Francisco. I am a sophomore student at the University of Southern California majoring in Economics.; Ochanya Ogah, from Houston, Texas. Junior studying Health and Humanity at the University of Southern California.; Chiao Sz Chuang is a senior at the University of Southern California and is majoring in Economics.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-923
title: An Other War Memorial -- Memories of the American War in Viet Nam

description: This collection of oral histories was created as part of a class assignment for a course titled, “The American War in Vietnam,” developed by USC Professor and Pulitzer Prize Winner, Viet Thanh Nguyen.In this unique approach to course design and student scholarship, the students were charged with contributing to the website, An Other War Memorial (https://anotherwarmemorial.com/), which profiles and commemorates witnesses of the war through oral history interviews. The goals of the course were to create a resource that the students can use in their own studies, can be shared with the public, and be used by future researchers. The viewpoints represented in this collection include American, Vietnamese, and also international vantages. Each profile has one to several videos, interview transcripts, and a profile image depending on the student interviewers’ creative presentation of their interview subject, and also in accordance with the wishes of the interview subjects – for example, in some videos the identity of the interviewee has been hidden.Incorporating these oral histories into the USC Digital Library will fulfill a twofold goal of providing a stable platform for this resource while also acknowledging the students’ contributions to the scholarly community.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-813
title: Walter Fristchner, Vietnam and Its Lasting Impression

description: [profile bio] Michael George Fritschner was born on July 14, 1990. He is from Sugarland, Texas and has one older sister. Mike is a sophomore at the University of Southern California where he is majoring in International Relations with a minor in business. He one day hopes to become President of the United States. He is the president of his fraternity, Phi Sigma Kappa. This interview is about Mike's father, Walt Fritschner, who served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. Walter Fritschner was born in Bigfork, Montana. He went to the United States Naval Academy when he turned 18 and he served two one-year tours in Vietnam. Walter Fritschner passed away last year in 2009. [profiler bio] Kelly Boyles is a Junior studying History at the University of Southern California. She one day wants to be a high school history teacher.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-784
title: Conrad T. Gomez, It Was the Entire 364 Days

description: [profile bio] Conrad enlisted in the Air Force security police and served in Vietnam from 1967-1968. He served in the towns of Cam Ranh Bay and Dong Ha. He is very proud of his service and dedication to our country, but admits to the long-term effects his time in the military has had on his life. He is an avid reader and has read extensively about the war and understands many of the complexities of the struggle and the geopolitical context in which it took place. He speaks with us openly and at length, with straight language and honest insights. [profiler bio] Meg Brown is a senior majoring in Neuroscience.; Hannah Woo is a junior majoring in Architecture.; Xander Herman is a sophomore.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-238
title: Andy Ngo, My Mom Was Part Of The Killing Fields

description: [profile bio] Andy Ngo was born on December 3, 1992, and grew up in San Jose, California. Although he does not have any direct experience with the Vietnam War, both of his parents lived through the war and were refugees. Andy's mother is originally from Phnom Penh, Cambodia which was the site of the secret bombing missions by the United States government, while Andy's father is from Saigon, Vietnam. Growing up, Andy's parents were always open to talk to him about their experiences inside the re-education camps, both in Cambodia and Vietnam, and what it was like when they escaped to Thailand. Because of his unique indirect experience, Andy provides valuable insight as to how some of the first generation Vietnamese-Americans perceive the war. Andy is currently a senior at the University of Southern California and hopes to one day become a doctor. [profiler bio] Eric Brunts is a Senior at USC, from Denver, CO and is majoring in Industrial and Systems Engineering. Jon Koehmstedt is a Senior at USC, from Fairfax, VA and is majoring in Computer Science. Douglas Yuk is a Senior at USC, from Hong Kong, and is majoring in Biomedical (Electrical) Engineering.
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DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-0
title: Bao Nguyen, The Past Has Made Me Who I Am Today

description: [profile bio] Bao Nguyen's incredible story begins in 1980, with his family's successful escape from Vietnam while Nguyen was still in his mother's womb. Born in a refugee camp in Thailand with no official citizenship, a young Nguyen endured the arduous journey to the United States with his family before ultimately settling in Garden Grove, CA. Today, he is actively involved in his local community as a member of the Garden Grove Board of Education. Nguyen holds a BA in Political Science from UC Irvine and an MA in Religious Studies from Naropa University in Colorado. He is trilingual in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese. [profiler bio] Joseph Dorri is a senior from Pasadena, CA majoring in Neuroscience.; Siddharth Gupta is a senior from Orange County, CA majoring in Economics and Business Administration.; Michael Lin is senior from Yangon, Burma, currently residing in Cerritos, CA and majoring in Mechanical Engineering.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-4
title: Bao Nguyen, The Past Has Made Me Who I Am Today

description: [profile bio] Bao Nguyen's incredible story begins in 1980, with his family's successful escape from Vietnam while Nguyen was still in his mother's womb. Born in a refugee camp in Thailand with no official citizenship, a young Nguyen endured the arduous journey to the United States with his family before ultimately settling in Garden Grove, CA. Today, he is actively involved in his local community as a member of the Garden Grove Board of Education. Nguyen holds a BA in Political Science from UC Irvine and an MA in Religious Studies from Naropa University in Colorado. He is trilingual in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese. [profiler bio] Joseph Dorri is a senior from Pasadena, CA majoring in Neuroscience.; Siddharth Gupta is a senior from Orange County, CA majoring in Economics and Business Administration.; Michael Lin is senior from Yangon, Burma, currently residing in Cerritos, CA and majoring in Mechanical Engineering.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-593
title: Leslie Nguyen, Escape from the Fall

description: [profile bio] Leslie Nguyen was born on July 2, 1955 in Dong Ha of South Vietnam. She comes from a Vietnamese Chinese cultural background and believes in Buddhism. During the Vietnam War, Leslie spent most of her time in Saigon, South Vietnam until the end of 1980. She was still going to school at that time. In early 1981, Leslie along with her husband and their two young children (1 & 4 years old) escaped Vietnam as boatpersons. They arrived to a refugee camp in Pulau Bidong, Malaysia where they stayed for about 8 months. After months of struggling and starvation at the refugee camp, Leslie's family made it to the United States in late August of 1981. She is now living in California and works as a secretary of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Leslie currently lives in Glendale, California. 2 of her 3 children are now married with their own children. [profiler bio] Brent Robbins is a junior majoring in International Relations- Global Business at USC. He was born and raised in Yokohama, Japan until the age of 18. Ze Khai Wong is junior majoring in Business at USC. He was born in Malaysia. Wan-Ching Wu is a senior majoring in Biological Science. She was born and raised in Taiwan until the age 18.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-594
title: Leslie Nguyen, Escape from the Fall

description: [profile bio] Leslie Nguyen was born on July 2, 1955 in Dong Ha of South Vietnam. She comes from a Vietnamese Chinese cultural background and believes in Buddhism. During the Vietnam War, Leslie spent most of her time in Saigon, South Vietnam until the end of 1980. She was still going to school at that time. In early 1981, Leslie along with her husband and their two young children (1 & 4 years old) escaped Vietnam as boatpersons. They arrived to a refugee camp in Pulau Bidong, Malaysia where they stayed for about 8 months. After months of struggling and starvation at the refugee camp, Leslie's family made it to the United States in late August of 1981. She is now living in California and works as a secretary of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Leslie currently lives in Glendale, California. 2 of her 3 children are now married with their own children. [profiler bio] Brent Robbins is a junior majoring in International Relations- Global Business at USC. He was born and raised in Yokohama, Japan until the age of 18. Ze Khai Wong is junior majoring in Business at USC. He was born in Malaysia. Wan-Ching Wu is a senior majoring in Biological Science. She was born and raised in Taiwan until the age 18.
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/zsygqu
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DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-462
title: Father Truc Nguyen, Memory, Revisitation & Healing

description: [profile bio] Truc Nguyen grew up in Vietnam, near Saigon, until 1975 just before the fall of Saigon when he and his family left Vietnam for California as refugees of the American war in Vietnam. He is currently a Catholic Priest in Los Angeles, CA. [profiler bio] Monika is a graduating senior from USC majoring in Political Science and American Studies & Ethnicity. She is attending law school in the fall at UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall. Jiheun is a senior at USC from Korea. He will graduate this spring with a major in Business Administration. Alain was born in Mexico City and migrated to the United States in 2000. He currently studies architecture at USC, and is scheduled to graduate in 2012.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-520
title: Tuan Nguyen, A Lucky ARVN Veteran from Saigon to the US

description: [profile bio] Tuan Nguyen was born in Vietnam in 1953. He graduated from high school and started studying law in Sigon. However, Tuan was drafted in the ARVN in 1972 at the age of 19. After serving in the army for about one and a half years, Tuan moved up to become a Second Lieutenant in February 1975. Tuan fled Saigon with his mother and other relatives in April 29, 1975 with a US Navy ship. Tuan made several stops before he settled in the US. He stayed at a refugee camp in Guam, where he found a family in a Lutheran Church that sponsored him and his mother. Tuan was assigned to a small town in Illinois at first. He moved around the country for several year until he settle in Souther California. He got married in 1991 and had one daughter and one son. [profiler bio] Sofia Cuellar studies International Relations at USC. Dan Li majors in Business Administration and is an active member of Undergraduate Student Government. Ben Benet is a GeoDesign major and Environmental Studies minor. Yuping studies Business Administration at USC Marshall.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-521
title: Tuan Nguyen, A Lucky ARVN Veteran from Saigon to the US

description: [profile bio] Tuan Nguyen was born in Vietnam in 1953. He graduated from high school and started studying law in Sigon. However, Tuan was drafted in the ARVN in 1972 at the age of 19. After serving in the army for about one and a half years, Tuan moved up to become a Second Lieutenant in February 1975. Tuan fled Saigon with his mother and other relatives in April 29, 1975 with a US Navy ship. Tuan made several stops before he settled in the US. He stayed at a refugee camp in Guam, where he found a family in a Lutheran Church that sponsored him and his mother. Tuan was assigned to a small town in Illinois at first. He moved around the country for several year until he settle in Souther California. He got married in 1991 and had one daughter and one son. [profiler bio] Sofia Cuellar studies International Relations at USC. Dan Li majors in Business Administration and is an active member of Undergraduate Student Government. Ben Benet is a GeoDesign major and Environmental Studies minor. Yuping studies Business Administration at USC Marshall.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-281
title: Prumsodun Ok, Resilience: Fuel to Push Us Further In Our Lives

description: [profile bio] Prumsodun Ok was born and raised in Long Beach, California, the heart of the Cambodian community in Los Angeles and adjacent areas. Prumsodun dedicated his time and effort to transform the world with his interdisciplinary performances and his practices as an artist, writer and experimental filmmaker. He is currently the Associate Artistic Director of Khmer Arts, a transnational organization at the forefront of Khmer dance practice and serves as on the Board of Directors for the Alliance for California Traditional Arts, showing his extensive involvement in the art. Prumsodun's parents wanted him to pursue a stable career. However, guided by his passion for performing arts and Cambodia's rich art culture, Prumsodun decided to pursue Khmer classical dance under the instruction of award-winning choreographer Sophiline Cheam Shapio. He later studied experimental filmmaking at the San Francisco Art Institute. He also trained in Takhmao, Cambodia, where he spent a couple of years with master artist Penh Yom of the Khmer Arts Ensemble, Cambodia's leading ensemble of classical dance and music to master his skills. In Cambodia, Prumsodun confronted his memories of Cambodia learnt from his parents with the reality presented in the country. [profiler bio] Students at USC in The American War in Vietnam course who researched and interviewed to result in this project. Alexa Smith is a junior majoring in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention from Moraga, CA. Anh Tran is a senior majoring in Business Administration from Vietnam. Luis Vega is a sophomore majoring in Applied Maths from Los Angeles, CA.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-283
title: Prumsodun Ok, Resilience: Fuel to Push Us Further In Our Lives

description: [profile bio] Prumsodun Ok was born and raised in Long Beach, California, the heart of the Cambodian community in Los Angeles and adjacent areas. Prumsodun dedicated his time and effort to transform the world with his interdisciplinary performances and his practices as an artist, writer and experimental filmmaker. He is currently the Associate Artistic Director of Khmer Arts, a transnational organization at the forefront of Khmer dance practice and serves as on the Board of Directors for the Alliance for California Traditional Arts, showing his extensive involvement in the art. Prumsodun's parents wanted him to pursue a stable career. However, guided by his passion for performing arts and Cambodia's rich art culture, Prumsodun decided to pursue Khmer classical dance under the instruction of award-winning choreographer Sophiline Cheam Shapio. He later studied experimental filmmaking at the San Francisco Art Institute. He also trained in Takhmao, Cambodia, where he spent a couple of years with master artist Penh Yom of the Khmer Arts Ensemble, Cambodia's leading ensemble of classical dance and music to master his skills. In Cambodia, Prumsodun confronted his memories of Cambodia learnt from his parents with the reality presented in the country. [profiler bio] Students at USC in The American War in Vietnam course who researched and interviewed to result in this project. Alexa Smith is a junior majoring in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention from Moraga, CA. Anh Tran is a senior majoring in Business Administration from Vietnam. Luis Vega is a sophomore majoring in Applied Maths from Los Angeles, CA.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-81
title: Tito Melara, An Immigrant's Experience in Viet Nam

description: [profile bio] Tito Melara was born in El Salvador on January 4th, 1945. In the midst of 1960's liberation conflicts in El Salvador, Tito decided to move to the United States to pursue an education. During the process of his immigration to the United States in 1965, he was served with a draft notice. He did not yet speak English, and experienced great difficulty integrating into American culture. Immediately prior to his transfer to Basic Training, he married his love, Virginia, also adopting her 12 children. In October of 1968, he deployed to Viet Nam. During his time overseas, Tito was stationed in Ben Hoa, Phu-Bai, and Hue. He says that the one thing that sustained him in absence of his family was the ability to read and write letters. In 1969, Tito returned to the United states. Since his deployment in Viet Nam, he has experienced numerous health issues related to the war, including an almost-fatal bout with cancer. He has yet to find resolution with what happened during the war, but leads a very happy life in Fields Landing, California. [profiler bio] Christopher Orenic and Danielle Then are USC students participating in the research project via an American War in Viet Nam course.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-82
title: Tito Melara, An Immigrant's Experience in Viet Nam

description: [profile bio] Tito Melara was born in El Salvador on January 4th, 1945. In the midst of 1960's liberation conflicts in El Salvador, Tito decided to move to the United States to pursue an education. During the process of his immigration to the United States in 1965, he was served with a draft notice. He did not yet speak English, and experienced great difficulty integrating into American culture. Immediately prior to his transfer to Basic Training, he married his love, Virginia, also adopting her 12 children. In October of 1968, he deployed to Viet Nam. During his time overseas, Tito was stationed in Ben Hoa, Phu-Bai, and Hue. He says that the one thing that sustained him in absence of his family was the ability to read and write letters. In 1969, Tito returned to the United states. Since his deployment in Viet Nam, he has experienced numerous health issues related to the war, including an almost-fatal bout with cancer. He has yet to find resolution with what happened during the war, but leads a very happy life in Fields Landing, California. [profiler bio] Christopher Orenic and Danielle Then are USC students participating in the research project via an American War in Viet Nam course.
DOI: 10.25549/viet-c80-202
title: Kenn Miller, I Feel For Them All

description: [profile bio] Kenn Miller (b. 1948) is a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War. From 1967 through 1969, he served three voluntary extensions of his combat tours in an Airborne Ranger company in Vietnam. He was a Long Range Patrol team member and team leader in LRRP Detachment, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division; F Company 58th Infantry (LRP); and L Company 75th Ranger. After his military service, Miller returned briefly to the United States, then moved to Taiwan. After marrying and returning again to America, he studied history and English at the University of Michigan. He then worked as a physical education teacher, auto worker, ghostwriter, and part-time editor and "book doctor" for Ballantine Books, Ivy Books, and the Naval Institute Press. Miller now lives in San Gabriel, California. [profiler bio] Curren Mehta is from Seattle, Washington, majoring in applied and computational mathematics and minoring in computer science. John Wang is from Taipei, Taiwan, majoring in architecture. Shabina Rayan is from Seattle, Washington, majoring in computer science and business administration. An Vo is from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, majoring in economics.