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ABSTRACT
INTERVIEWEE NAME: Le Ho Ngoc/Nguyen Tinh
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4700.0968
IDENTIFICATION: Vietnamese Policeman
INTERVIEWER: Dudley R. Meier, Jr.
PROJECT: Americans in
DATE: 3/2/76
FOCUS DATES:
ABSTRACT:
Tape 1417
Family background of
both speakers; leaving Vietnam; floating in a boat for two days; education
in Vietnam; coursework in school; hopes to visit Vietnam again; Tet celebration in
Shreveport; describes Tet celebration in Vietnam;
have lived in US for one year; differences between US and Vietnam,
division between rich and poor in US; differences in customs, Americans more
private and territorial; fast pace of American life; learning English; mention of Mr. Fong, violinist, who speaks
English well; working as a policeman in Vietnam; worked in Cam Ranh, gathering intelligence for the government; duties as policeman; contact with
American soldiers in Vietnam; dialects; how Vietnamese police work,
police work for city or for government; religion, they are Catholic; traveling in Vietnam; favorite places
in Vietnam; Army school in Vietnam; what they might have done if they'd
stayed in Vietnam; considers whether it would be better to be in Hong Kong or
Thailand than US, would rather be in US; can work your way up in US; drawbacks
of US; problems friends have had in US.
Tape 1417, Side B
Vietnamese beer;
Louisiana cities; comparison of Louisiana cities to Vietnamese cities; French language; population of Vietnamese in LA
cities; Vietnamese newspaper published in California; Chinatowns in US;
Blue Dragon restaurant in Texas, Vietnamese people in Texas; interviewer
recommends book; interviewer's difficulty with Vietnamese language; tips on
learning English; involvement in combat; Vietnamese heroes; story of two
Vietnamese sisters; opinions on Diem; opinions on Ho Chi Minh, good man but
Communist; interviewer talks about General Giap, Dien Bien Phu.
TAPES:
1417
TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 45
minutes
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PAGES TRANSCRIPT: 2 page index
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