Vietnam War Refugees in Guam : A History of Operation New Life.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vo, Nghia M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Refugees.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Refugees--Vietnam (Republic)--History--20th century.

Refugees.

Refugees--Guam--History--20th century.

Boat people--Vietnam--History--20th century.

Boat people.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Naval operations.

Operation New Life, 1975.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 pages)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2022.

Summary:

"More than 130,000 South Vietnamese fled their homeland at the end of the Vietnam War. Tens of thousands landed on the island of Guam on their way to the U.S. Many remained there. Guamanians and U.S. military personnel welcomed them. Funded by a $405 million congressional appropriation, Operation New Life was among the most intensive humanitarian efforts ever accomplished by the U.S. government, with the help of the people of Guam. Without it, many evacuees would have died somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. This book chronicles a part of the first mass migration of Vietnamese "boat people," before and after the fall of Saigon in April 1975--a story still unfolding almost half a century later"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The last days of Saigon

The Vietnamese Navy and the Trường Xuân

Task Force 76 and USS Kirk

Guam's preparations

Operation New Life

Life in the Guam camps

First, second, and third wave arrivals

Repatriates and the Thương Tín I Odyssey

Auxiliary team and sponsors

The other camps

Follow up and untold stories

The two Vietnams

Appendix I: Chronology of important events (1975)

Appendix II: Motion

Appendix III: By the numbers.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Vo, Nghia M. Vietnam War Refugees in Guam

ISBN:

9781476644172