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Southeast Asian History: Cambodian Life Histories
(California: California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive),
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Starting in the late 1970s, after the fall of Khmer Rouge, the Cambodian population of Long Beach swelled and the city became home to the largest Cambodian population outside of Cambodia. The origins of the Cambodian community in Long Beach, however, date back to the late 1950s, when an exchange program brought st...
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(California: California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive),
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Starting in the late 1970s, after the fall of Khmer Rouge, the Cambodian population of Long Beach swelled and the city became home to the largest Cambodian population outside of Cambodia. The origins of the Cambodian community in Long Beach, however, date back to the late 1950s, when an exchange program brought students from Cambodia to CSULB to study, some of who remained. In 1975, the first wave of 4,600 Cambodian immigrants arrived. These peop...
Starting in the late 1970s, after the fall of Khmer Rouge, the Cambodian population of Long Beach swelled and the city became home to the largest Cambodian population outside of Cambodia. The origins of the Cambodian community in Long Beach, however, date back to the late 1950s, when an exchange program brought students from Cambodia to CSULB to study, some of who remained. In 1975, the first wave of 4,600 Cambodian immigrants arrived. These people who either were able to escape Cambodia before the Khmer Rouge takeover, or who were outside of the country at the time, were generally highly educated. In 1977 they established the first Cambodian community agency (United Cambodian Community).
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Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
Topic / Theme
Armed forces, Politics, War, Cambodian Civil War, 1970-1975
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Southeast Asian History: Hmong
(California: California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive),
Source: csulb-dspace.calstate.edu
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The Hmong are subsistence farming mountain people who live in China and Southeast Asia. Many of those in Laos allied themselves with the US during the Vietnam war, hoping to protect their way of life. They are one of the montangard groups referred to in discussions of the war. Many worked directly with the CIA in...
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(California: California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive),
Source: csulb-dspace.calstate.edu
Source: csulb-dspace.calstate.edu
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The Hmong are subsistence farming mountain people who live in China and Southeast Asia. Many of those in Laos allied themselves with the US during the Vietnam war, hoping to protect their way of life. They are one of the montangard groups referred to in discussions of the war. Many worked directly with the CIA in northern Laos and some were part of the Hmong guerilla/Royal Lao Army under General Vang Pao. In May, 1975, following the withdrawal of...
The Hmong are subsistence farming mountain people who live in China and Southeast Asia. Many of those in Laos allied themselves with the US during the Vietnam war, hoping to protect their way of life. They are one of the montangard groups referred to in discussions of the war. Many worked directly with the CIA in northern Laos and some were part of the Hmong guerilla/Royal Lao Army under General Vang Pao. In May, 1975, following the withdrawal of US forces from Vietnam and the communist victories in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, the CIA evacuated 2,500 Hmong from Long Cheng, the CIA stronghold. Over the course of the next ten years, it is estimated that more than 100,000 Hmong fled to Thailand.
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Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
Topic / Theme
Ethnic groups, Armed forces, Politics, War, Vietnam War, 1956-1975
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California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
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Vath Phan
(California: California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive),
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Vath Phan was the office manager in the Department of Education and also worked for the CANDO project.
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(California: California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive),
Source: csulb-dspace.calstate.edu
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Description
Vath Phan was the office manager in the Department of Education and also worked for the CANDO project.
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
Topic / Theme
Cambodian Civil War, 1970-1975
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