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Carolyn's Flight From Da Nang to a New Life in America
Carolyn Hoang describes fleeing Da Nang with her family as Saigon fell, facing danger and uncertainty. She recalls her father in combat gear guiding evacuees, a Navy rescue to Subic Bay, and eventual settlement in Storm Lake Iowa aided by Saint Mark Lutheran Church. Now a Blue Cross web developer in Lawrence, she expresses gratitude to America.
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da Nang
Carolyn
Kham Cong Hoang
Saigon
City
U.S. Navy
7Th Fleet
South China Sea
Subic Bay
Philippines
Red Cross
Fort Indiantown Gap
Pennsylvania
Storm Lake
Iowa
Saint Mark Lutheran Church of
America
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Lawrence
Abbas Rezayazdi
Nick Krug
Journal-World Photo
Carolyn Hoang
Vietnam
North Vietnam