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Image of Nguyen Thi Noi in barracks at Camp Murray, Washington, June 6, 1975
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Nguyen Thi Noi in barracks at Camp Murray, Washington, June 6, 1975

The Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, with the fall of South Vietnam to North Vietnamese communist forces. In the immediate aftermath, many thousands of people from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos fled violence and persecution in their home countries and sought refuge in the United States and elsewhere. Vietnamese refugees arriving to the West Coast in May 1975 were…
ID Number:2000.107.220.21.03
Date:1975
Image of Vu Duc Vinh family at Camp Murray, Washington, June 17, 1975
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Vu Duc Vinh family at Camp Murray, Washington, June 17, 1975

The Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, with the fall of South Vietnam to North Vietnamese communist forces. In the immediate aftermath, many thousands of people from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos fled violence and persecution in their home countries and sought refuge in the United States and elsewhere. Vietnamese refugees arriving to the West Coast in May 1975 were…
ID Number:2000.107.220.21.04
Date:1975
Image of Hoi and Nguyen Tran family at sponsor home, Kirkland, June 26, 1975
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Hoi and Nguyen Tran family at sponsor home, Kirkland, June 26, 1975

The Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, with the fall of South Vietnam to North Vietnamese communist forces. In the immediate aftermath, many thousands of people from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos fled violence and persecution in their home countries and sought refuge in the United States and elsewhere. Vietnamese refugees arriving to the West Coast in May 1975 were…
ID Number:2000.107.220.21.05
Date:1975
Image of Thien Dac Nguyen mopping floor, Seattle, February 18, 1976
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Thien Dac Nguyen mopping floor, Seattle, February 18, 1976

After the Vietnam War ended in April 1975 with the fall of South Vietnam to North Vietnamese communist forces, many thousands of people from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos fled violence and persecution in their home countries and sought refuge in the United States and elsewhere. In Washington State, hundreds of refugees were temporarily housed at Camp Murray, a National Guard…
ID Number:2000.107.220.21.06
Date:1976
Image of Lan Van Nguyen working in kitchen at City Loan Pavilion, Seattle, February 19, 1976
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Lan Van Nguyen working in kitchen at City Loan Pavilion, Seattle, February 19, 1976

After the Vietnam War ended in April 1975 with the fall of South Vietnam to North Vietnamese communist forces, many thousands of people from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos fled violence and persecution in their home countries and sought refuge in the United States and elsewhere. In Washington State, hundreds of refugees were temporarily housed at Camp Murray, a National Guard…
ID Number:2000.107.220.21.07
Date:1976
Image of Thui Dinh Bui waiting tables at City Loan Pavilion, February 19, 1976
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Thui Dinh Bui waiting tables at City Loan Pavilion, February 19, 1976

After the Vietnam War ended in April 1975 with the fall of South Vietnam to North Vietnamese communist forces, many thousands of people from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos fled violence and persecution in their home countries and sought refuge in the United States and elsewhere. In Washington State, hundreds of refugees were temporarily housed at Camp Murray, a National Guard…
ID Number:2000.107.220.21.08
Date:1976
Image of Amerasian children arriving at Sea-Tac airport,  February 1, 1983
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Amerasian children arriving at Sea-Tac airport, February 1, 1983

On February 1, 1983, sixteen Vietnamese-American children and two adults passed through Sea-Tac airport en route from Ho Chi Minh City to new homes across the U.S., with two of the chldren remaining in the Puget Sound area. This was the third group of Amerasian children to land in Seattle, out of the thousands of children fathered by Americans in…
ID Number:2000.107.220.22.01
Date:1983
Image of Binh Huynh with training diploma, Seattle, December 17, 1982
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Binh Huynh with training diploma, Seattle, December 17, 1982

In 1982 the Asian Counseling and Referral Service in Seattle ran a 15-week vocational and language course to help Southeast Asian refugees in the Seattle area become more independent. Students took English class each morning, and a class in vocational skills each afternoon, to prepare them for employment as janitors or custodians. Here, Binh Huynh displays the diploma he received…
ID Number:2000.107.220.22.02
Date:1982
Image of Dai Vu and his brother looking at family photo, Seattle, October 14, 1979
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Dai Vu and his brother looking at family photo, Seattle, October 14, 1979

Ten-year-old Dai Vu, from Vietnam, arrived in the US in August 1979 with his father and two older siblings after living in a Malaysian refugee camp for 5 months. All of the family's money went into the boat passage for the four, and Dai's mother and younger siblings had to be left behind. In Seattle, Dai attended school at Lake…
ID Number:2000.107.220.22.05
Date:1979
Image of Tomás Villanueva at United Farm Workers office, Granger, May 3, 1989
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Tomás Villanueva at United Farm Workers office, Granger, May 3, 1989

Tomás Villanueva (1941-2014) was a labor activist who spent decades advocating for the rights and welfare of farmworkers, especially Latino migrant workers. Villanueva was born in Monterrey in northern Mexico and immigrated to the United States with his family at age 13. The Villanueva family settled in Toppenish, Washington in 1958 after traveling across the US following farm work for…
ID Number:2000.107.220.23.02
Date:1989
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