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August 2008 Blog Posts (3)

Need Your Current Picture(s)

Hello all,

Our reunion is coming up in less than 2 weeks. We're getting down to the wire and still so much things to get in order. I'm sure that you all are thrilled as much as I and are looking forward to seeing each other again after all these years.

With that said, I'm assisting with sorting the WP pictures and would like to incorporate your or your family latest pictures for the slide show. For those who regretably unable to join us due to timing/schedule, we… Continue

Added by Lauren Truong/aka: Van Bich Pham on August 19, 2008 at 12:30am — 1 Comment

Journey to Freedom

Memories - Chi Pham - My Recollection of our Journey 30 years ago.

After the fall of Saigon in April 1975 my father was taken from our family on June 1975 to a re-education camp located the remote jungle of Northern Vietnam. He was a Captain in the Military Signal Corp for the South Vietnamese government. Our life was forever altered along with other millions of Vietnamese in the South. I was 11 years old at the time, the oldest of three girls. My sisters were 8… Continue

Added by Chi Pham on August 14, 2008 at 1:28am — 7 Comments

PART 1 :The rescue – etched on my mind forever.

Here I start to try and describe the rescue and the two weeks the Vietnamese were on Wellpark. As a lowly second trip cadet I was not party to everything that happened so the following is my own experience, complemented by detail and my impressions of what happened else where. I apologise if in any way part of my description is not completely correct as a result. .......................

My mind drifted for a moment, drawn to the glass of ice cold water sat on my desk. The… Continue

Added by Mike Newton on August 1, 2008 at 2:00pm — 3 Comments