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On Living in the Reeducation Camp
Oh, you know, me and him, we were living in the reeducation camp. We worked very hard, labored very hard. And we worked very hard but the food — it was just a little bit. Every day we were hungry, and the clothes and the medicine — not enough.
How was the food like in the camp?
The food? You know the rice? Not the rice, they gave you something like corn, powder and bread. That’s it.
How was it enduring the cold in the winter?
You know because we lived in, not in the village, we lived in the mountains, in the valley in the mountains; around here, there were a lot of trees, it was very cold in the winter. We drank the water, not clear water.
Object Description
| Profile of | Thai Pham |
| Title | From ARVN to Reeducation to America |
| Profile bio | Thai Pham was a high school student in Vietnam when he was drafted to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. He served in the army for eight years, fighting with the American forces against those of Northern Vietnam, but when the war ended and the Americans left, Thai was captured by Communist forces and was a prisoner in a reeducation camp for seven years. In the duration of the war, Thai was shot severely and required a blood transfusion and surgery. After his release, Pham was sponsored and emigrated to America. He now resides in Orange County with his family, fighting and winning the battle against Hepatitis C. Bao Tran was a university student when he was drafted to the war. He is the brother-in-law of Thai Pham. Bao served in the war for five years, collaborating with America to combat the communist forces of North Vietnam. During the war, he lost many friends while his father passed away. After April 30, 1975, Bao was imprisoned in the reeducation camp along with Thai Pham. His release from the reeducation camp allowed Bao to emigrate over to America with his own wife and child where he resides with his family in Orange County. |
| Profiler bio | Rui Huang is a freshman at the University of Southern California studying Business. Steven Pham is a freshman at the University of Southern California studying Industrial and Systems Engineering. Owen Slyman is a freshman at the University of Southern California studying Public Policy and Sustainable Development. |
| Subject |
Vietnam Vietnam war reeducation camp emigration sponsorship communist |
| Profiled by | Huang, Rui; Pham, Steven; Slyman, Owen |
| Profile date | 2016-03-04 |
| Geographic subject (county) | Orange |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA; Vietnam; North Vietnam; China; Russia |
| Coverage date | 1972 |
| Publisher (of the original version) | http://anotherwarmemorial.com/thai-pham/ |
| Type |
images video |
| Format | 1 image; 4 video files (00:12:16); 4 transcripts |
| Language | English |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Part of collection | An Other War Memorial -- Memories of the American War in Viet Nam |
| Filename | phamthai |
Description
| Profile of | Thai Pham |
| Title | On Living in the Reeducation Camp |
| Format | 1 transcript, 1p. |
| Filename | phamthai-vid3_tr3.pdf |
| Full text | On Living in the Reeducation Camp Oh, you know, me and him, we were living in the reeducation camp. We worked very hard, labored very hard. And we worked very hard but the food — it was just a little bit. Every day we were hungry, and the clothes and the medicine — not enough. How was the food like in the camp? The food? You know the rice? Not the rice, they gave you something like corn, powder and bread. That’s it. How was it enduring the cold in the winter? You know because we lived in, not in the village, we lived in the mountains, in the valley in the mountains; around here, there were a lot of trees, it was very cold in the winter. We drank the water, not clear water. |
| Archival file | Volume3/phamthai-vid3_tr3.pdf |
