Mother of One Thousand Children Fled Viet Nam to Georgia
Madame Vu Thi Ngai, famed for rescuing and housing hundreds of Vietnamese orphans, fled Haiphong in 1954 with her son and family after the Viet Minh seized her home. She later helped move children to Saigon with Dr. Tom Dooley and now lives in Georgia while recounting vows to protect those in her care.
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Vu Thi Ngai
Mme. Ngai
America
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Saigon
United States
Georgia
Mme Ngai
Tonkin Bay Area
Viet Minh
Haiphong
Tom Dooley
Dooley
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Orange
Reach Army
Mme Ngai and the An Lac orphans of war
A profile of Mme. Ngai who ran the An Lac home caring for war orphans during bombing. She recalls guiding mothers seeking their lost children, identifying a baby by a mole, and safeguarding hundreds of vulnerable children while life and hope persisted. One of her own sons later escaped to Paris as an engineer.
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Mme. Ngai
Paris
Anzac
Poppa
Momma
FBI CIA dispute slow security checks block Vietnamese refugee resettlement
FBI and CIA officials say they are mystified by INS Commissioner Chapman's claim that security checks slow the processing of tens of thousands of South Vietnamese refugees. He testifies that 18,000 Vietnamese names are under review and none cleared by all five agencies. House votes on a 405 million dollar refugee aid package as agencies prepare for resettlement.
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FBI
Central Intelligence Agency
Leonard Chapman
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Senate
Chapman
United States
Capitol Hill
House
Ford
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
CIA
Drug Enforcement Administration
Pentagon
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