Nguyen Cao Ky
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The news of Premier Nguyen Cao Ky passed away brought back a long time passing. In my youth, the sound of hovering helicopters was as common as street vendors’ chants. On the war’s last day, ambassador, flag, ground-keepers, pilots and anything that moved, tried to get out to International Waters . Buses, barges and yes, choppers. Lone…
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Yahoo News had a piece about Diaspora, the return. It features Mrs Nguyen Cao Ky, who is now a proud owner of a Pho restaurant in former Saigon. She said to have spent a few months in the US, and the rest in Vietnam. Other Viet Kieu expressed similar sentiment: “when I am here, I…
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In college, I could just tell when teachers got to my name: they couldn’t pronounce it. To save time, I just said “here”. This was Penn State, late 70’s, when a name like Carter from Georgia could barely register in Washington Belt Way. Now a random walk on the web tells me the Nguyen have…
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