From 1975: South Vietnamese refugees were referring to Washington Gov. Daniel J. Evans as the “friendliest American.” “The state of Washington, alone among the 50 states, has developed its own ...

From 1975: The last Vietnamese refugee family left Camp Murray in Tacoma, after the camp had relocated 1,310 refugees in towns and cities across the state, including many in Spokane. Camp Murray was ...

April 30 marked the 50th anniversary of the fall of South Vietnam to the North Vietnamese Communists. Its ensuing refugee crisis was the beginning of the Vietnamese Diaspora. The panic of flight found ...

DES MOINES, Iowa—As he floated through the Gulf of Thailand on a tiny, flimsy river boat holding 135 people, Vinh Nguyen was focused on staying alive. He was one of hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese ...

Critical refuge(e) studies -- Militarized refuge(es) -- Refugee camps and the politics of living -- The "good warriors" and the "good refugee" -- Refugee remembering -- and remembrance -- Refugee ...

David and Lee Luu came to Springfield as refugees after each escaped Vietnam in the 1980s. By 1991, they were married and opening Cashew Station.