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Conclusion
How do you think your family’s experience has impacted you?
For me, it has definitely made me a lot more grateful for what I have in life, just because even though I know what my dad has gone through, it is very very hard to wrap my head around the fact that my dad used to be so poor that he could barely afford food, and that now, he is very very well off. He’s retired now and he’s basically just spending his days out looking at the ocean or helping out his siblings with whatever business they have. It’s hard for me to realize that my dad has not always been like this, that in actuality, my dad was at one point very close to being homeless as well.
It brings a different dimension to life. It gave me a lot more respect for my dad. It caused me to look at him in a very different light. The idea in America is that if you work hard enough, you can make it. While I don’t think that is always true, for my dad, he is the living embodiment of that. His hard work was able to bring him to where he is today. He literally persevered with nothing to help him out.
Corrections:
* Vivian’s family on her father’s side left Vietnam to avoid complications with the new Vietnamese government.
** Vivian’s father left Vietnam after fighting for the Vietnam War ended.
Object Description
| Profile of | Vivian Le |
| Title | Our Parents Wouldn’t Tell Us Anything |
| Profile bio | Vivian Le is a student at the University of Southern California. She is currently studying biochemistry with a double minor in philosophy and sociology. She was born and raised in the United States as the daughter of an engineer and an accountant. Both of Vivian's parents came to the United States from Vietnam before they met and settled down in Camarillo, California. Vivian has a large family on her father's side with his eight siblings and her sixteen cousins. On her mother's side, she has only one uncle and one cousin. |
| Profiler bio | Stephanie Balais is a sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering from Honolulu, Hawaii.; Alice Huang is from Saratoga, California and is currently a freshman studying human biology.; Jonathan Coons and Allison Holliday are sophomores from Modesto, California majoring in mechanical engineering. All profilers are students at the University of Southern California. |
| Subject |
2nd generation Profile Escape Refugee Vietnamese American |
| Profiled by | Balais, Stephanie; Huang, Alice; Coons, Jonathan; Holliday, Allison |
| Profile date | 2016-02 |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Camarillo; Los Angeles; Richmond |
| Geographic subject (county) | Ventura; Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (state) | California; Virginia |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA; Malaysia |
| Coverage date | 1978; 1979; 1982; 1986 |
| Publisher (of the original version) | http://anotherwarmemorial.com/vivian-le/ |
| Type |
images video |
| Format | 1 image; 6 video files (00:20:26); 6 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 | levivan |
Description
| Profile of | Vivian Le |
| Title | Conclusion |
| Format | 1 transcript, 1p. |
| Filename | levivian-vid6_tr6.pdf |
| Full text | Conclusion How do you think your family’s experience has impacted you? For me, it has definitely made me a lot more grateful for what I have in life, just because even though I know what my dad has gone through, it is very very hard to wrap my head around the fact that my dad used to be so poor that he could barely afford food, and that now, he is very very well off. He’s retired now and he’s basically just spending his days out looking at the ocean or helping out his siblings with whatever business they have. It’s hard for me to realize that my dad has not always been like this, that in actuality, my dad was at one point very close to being homeless as well. It brings a different dimension to life. It gave me a lot more respect for my dad. It caused me to look at him in a very different light. The idea in America is that if you work hard enough, you can make it. While I don’t think that is always true, for my dad, he is the living embodiment of that. His hard work was able to bring him to where he is today. He literally persevered with nothing to help him out. Corrections: * Vivian’s family on her father’s side left Vietnam to avoid complications with the new Vietnamese government. ** Vivian’s father left Vietnam after fighting for the Vietnam War ended. |
| Archival file | Volume5/levivian-vid6_tr6.pdf |
