Dunaire neighbor and journalist, Jim Kavanagh, recently did a story on a local family for CNN's look at the Vietnamese diaspora. The story chronicles the Nguyen family's long difficult journey from Viet Nam to a better life right here in Dunaire.
From CNN.com...
Decatur, Georgia (CNN) -- The Vietnam War ended with the fall of Saigon 35 years ago this week, but Hong Nguyen will never surrender.
Nguyen's story is just one among millions from Vietnam's tragic war era, but it's also one that ultimately resolves in triumph.
Nguyen was a Republic of Vietnam army major stationed in Da Nang when the port city was bombarded by the enemy North Vietnamese army in late March 1975. Commanders in Saigon, 380 miles to the south, offered no guidance or information, he said.
"It was total chaos," Nguyen, now 74 and living in Decatur, Georgia, said through an interpreter. "The only thing anyone knew was that something was wrong. Nobody knew the details, so everyone was on the run."
Nguyen gathered up his wife, Que Pham, their seven children and the family dog and headed for Da Nang's Tien Sa port, hoping to escape on a boat. Thousands of others in the city of half a million had the same idea.
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