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sponsor: American citizen, resident, or agency that agrees to help a specific refugee or refugee family resettle. Sponsors are frequently, though not invariably, friends or family of the resettling refugees.
taxi girl: Prostitute.
Tet: Vietnamese New Year.
Thong Nhat: The “Unification Train” that links Ho Chi Minh City with Hanoi.
titi: A little, a small amount.
troi oi: My God!
Viet Cong (VC): The Communist-led insurgents operating in South Vietnam during the war. The political wing was known as the National Liberation Front. Many South Vietnamese when speaking English use the term VC to denote any Vietnamese Communist.
Viet Minh: Communist-dominated resistance and political organization established by Ho Chi Minh during World War II.
Work Credit: The two hours community service that refugees must perform daily in the Philippine Refugee Processing Center.
world, the: GI jargon for the United States.
Young Adult Services Unit (YASU): Offers counseling service to minors in the Philippine Refugee Processing Center.
xic lo: A pedicab, a bicycle rickshaw. The xic lo functions as a taxi cab and is a popular means of public transportation in Vietnam.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS
Akhmatova, Anna. You Will Hear Thunder. Athens: Ohio University Press, 1985. Bai Juyi.
Bai Juyi: Two Hundred Selected Poems. Beijing: New World Press. 1945.
Butterfield, Fox. The Vietnam War: An Almanac. New York: World Almanac Publications, 1985.
Des Pres, Terrence. The Survivor. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976.
Duiker, William J. Vietnam Since the Fall of Saigon. Revised edition. Southeast Asia Series Number 56A. Athens: Ohio University Center for International Studies, 1989.
Freeman, James M. Hearts of Sorrow. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1989.
Hoang Dao Thuy, Huynh Lua, and Nguyen Phuoc Hoang. Dat Nhuoc Ta [Our Country]. Nha Xuat Ban Khoa Hoc Xa Hoi [Social Science Publishing House], 1989.
Kamow, Stanley. Vietnam: A History. New York: Viking, 1983.
Kuntz, Laurie. Somewhere in the Telling. Master’s diss., Vermont College 1992. Lacey, Marilyn. In Our Father’s Land: Vietnamese Amerasians in the United States. Washington, D.C.: United States Catholic Conference, Migration and Refugee Services, 1985.
Leong, Frederick T. L., and Mark C. Johnson. Vietnamese Amerasian Mothers: Psychological Distress and High-Risk Factors. Washington, D.C.: Office of Refugee Resettlement, 1992.
Olson, James S. Dictionary of the Vietnam War. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1988. Santoli, Albert. Everything We Had. New York: Ballantine Books, 1981.
_____. To Bear Any Burden. New York: Dutton, 1985.
To Welcome the Amerasians. Washington, D.C.: United States Catholic Conference, Migration and Refugee Services, 1988.
Tollefson, James W. Alien Winds. New York: Praeger, 1989.
Vickery, Michael. Cambodia: 1975-1982. Boston: South End Press, 1984.
Willenson, Kim. The Bad War. New York: New American Library, 1987.
ARTICLES, PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, AND BULLETINS
“Amerasians: The Second Attempt to Welcome Them ‘Home.’” Information Update 12 July 1988. Center for Applied Linguistics under agreement with the Bureau for Refugee Programs, Dept. of State.
Fenton, James. “The Fall of Saigon.” Granta 15 (1985): 27-117. “Home to America, If Not to Daddy,” The Economist, 19 May 1990, 40.
Menghetti, Anita, ed. Amerasian Update, vols. 42-46, January to May 1993. InterAction and the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service under agreement with the Office of Refugee Resettlement.
Ranard, Donald A. “Between Two Worlds: Refugee Youth.” In America 2 January 1989. Center for Applied Linguistics under agreement with the Bureau for Refugee Programs, Dept. of State.
_____. “A Look at Vietnamese ‘Gangs’.” In America 10 February 1991. Center for Applied Linguistics under agreement with the Bureau for Refugee Programs, Dept. of State.
Ranard, Donald A., and Douglas F. Gilzow. “The Amerasians.” In America 4 June 1989. Center for Applied Linguistics under agreement with the Bureau for Refugee Programs, Dept. of State.
_____. “The Amerasians: A 1990 Update.” In America 9 October 1990. Center for Applied Linguistics under agreement with the Bureau for Refugee Programs, Dept. of State.
“Tracing Services for Vietnamese Amerasians and American Fathers.” Washington, D.C., American Red Cross, January 1992.
“The United States Orderly Departure Program.” Bangkok, Thailand, ODP/International Catholic Migration Commission.
“The United States Orderly Departure Program.” Embassy of the United States of America, January 1992.
“The United States Orderly Departure Program Statistical Summary.” December 1991.
Untitled Fact sheet on the Philippine Refugee Processing Center. PRPC Information and Materials Production/ODA, 1991.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Amerasian Resettlement. Arlington, Va. June 25-27, 1992. Washington, D.C., InterAction Amerasian Resettlement Program under agreement with the Office of Refugee Resettlement, 1992.
Amerasian Resettlement: Building a Network of Welcoming Services. Los Angeles, Calif. March 15-17, 1991. Washington, D.C., InterAction Amerasian Resettlement Program under agreement with the Office of Refugee Resettlement, 1991.
Amerasian Resettlement: Enhancing the Homecoming. Washington, D.C. March 9-11, 1990. Washington, D.C., InterAction Amerasian Resettlement Program under agreement with the Office of Refugee Resettlement, 1990.
Amerasian Resettlement: Strategies for Success. Richmond, Va. March 7-10, 1989. Washington D.C., Dept. of Health and Human Services, 1989.
DIRECTORY
Amerasian Resettlement Cluster Site Directory, 1993. Washington, D.C., InterAction Amerasian Resettlement Program under agreement with the Office of Refugee Resettlement.
List of Names and Terms
ADRA see Adventist Development and Relief Agency
Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)
Air America
Air Vietnam
Amerasian Homecoming Act
Amerasian Immigration Act
Amerasian Park
American Embassy see U.S. Embassy
American-Vietnamese Association
An Giang
An Khe
Ancestor Worship
Ap Truong
Arizona
Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)
ARVN see Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Australia
Ba Chieu Market
Ba Cut
Ba Queo
Ba Ria
Bac Lien
Bac Ninh Province
Balanga
Bangkok
bar girls see also prostitutes
bars (in Vietnam)
Bataan
Bau Cat
The Beatles
Ben Thanh Market
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong
black Amerasians
“Black French”; see also French Colonial Forces
Blue Guards
Bong Bo
bribes see also Fraud in Amerasian Cases; Gold Cases
Buddhist monks
Buddhist nuns
Buon Me Thout
California
Cam Ranh
Cambodia
Cambodian see Khmer
Can Tho
Cao Dai Sect
Cay Cay Labor Camp
Cay Troung
CFSI see Community Family Services International
Chau Duc Province
Chi Hoa Prison
Chicago
China
Cholon
CIA
CID see Criminal Investigation Division of U.S. Army
Cluster Sites
C.O. see Cultural Orientation
Co Do
Comm
unists
Community Family Services International (CFSI)
Criminal Investigation Division of the U.S. Army (CID)
Cultural Orientation (C.O.)
Cuu Long Province
Da Nang
Dak Minh Labor Camp
Dalat
Dallas
Dam Sen Amerasian Center
Dam Sen Transit Center see Dam Sen Amerasian Center
Dang Thao Camp
Deep Purple
Detention Center, PRPC see Jail, PRPC
Diem, President see Ngo Dinh Diem
Dienbienphu
Dinh Xuong
discrimination: against Amerasians; against parents of Amerasians
Dong Ban
Dong Nai Province
Dong Thap Province
drug abuse
Duyen Hai Work Camp escape from
English as a Second Language (ESL)
ESL see English as a Second Language
Father Search
Filipinos
Florida
Fort Sill
Foster Parents Plan
France
fraud in Amerasian cases; see also bribes; Gold Cases
Free Cases
French
French Colonial Forces; see also “Black French”; The French
French-Vietnamese
Garden Grove, California
Gia Lam
gold cases; see also bribes; fraud in Amerasian cases
Guam
Ha Tien
Hai Duong
Haiphoung
Hanoi
Hanoi Hilton see Hoa Lo Prison
Hau Giang
Hawaii
Hmong
Ho Chi Minh City; see also Saigon
Hoa Hao Sect
Hoa Lo Prison
Homecoming Act see Amerasian Homecoming Act
Hong Kong
Hong Vinh Street (in Ho Chi Minh City)
Houston
Hue
Hue Lam Temple
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
INS see Immigration and Naturalization Service
Iowa
jail, PRPC; see also prison
Japan
Joint Voluntary Agency (JVA)
JVA see Joint Voluntary Agency
Kampuchea see Cambodia
Kampuchea Krom
Khmer
Khmer Krom
Khmer Rouge
Kien An Province
Kien Giang Province
Kon Tum
Korea
Korean(s)
labor camp see Reeducation Camp
Lai Nguyen Village
Lai Thieu
Laikhe
Lang Son
Lao
Le Lai Street
Led Zeppelin
Lennon, John
Long An
Long Beach, California
Long Binh
Long Hai
Long Phu
Long Thanh
Long Thuyen Prison
Long Xuyen Province
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services
Ma Roc see “Black French” French Colonial Forces
Mac Dinh Chi Prison
Macdonald, Julie
MACV see Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
Manila
Massachusetts
Mau Than see TET Offensive
Mekong Delta
Menghetti, Anita
MIA
Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vietnam
Ministry of the Interior, Vietnam
Minnesota
Misawa, Japan
Misawa Air Base
monkey house see jail; prison; Reeducation Camp
Montagnard
Morong
Mount Pinatubo
Mrazeck, Robert
Mrazeck Act see Amerasian Homecoming Act
My Tho
New Economic Zones
New Jersey
New York
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Nguyen Cong Tru Street
Nguyen Hue Street
Nguyen Ky Hoc Street
Nguyen Minh Trieu Street
Nguyen Van Thieu
Nha Trang
North Africans see “Black French”
French Colonial Forces
North Carolina
North Dakota
ODP see Orderly Departure Program
Ohio
Oklahoma
Orderly Departure Program
(ODP)
P4 Prison
Pearl S. Buck Foundation
Phan Rang Province
Phan Thiet
Philippine Refugee Processing Center (PRPC)
Phu Bai Base
Phuoc Long
Phuoc Vinh
Pleiku
Pnom Penh
Pol Pot
Presley, Elvis
Prey Veng
prison: Filipino; Vietnamese; see also Chi Hoa Prison; Dak Minh Labor Camp; Hoa Lo
Prison; Mac Dinh Chi Prison; Tho Dan Prison
prison camp see prison; Reeducation Camp
prostitutes
prostitution
PRPC see Philippine Refugee Processing Center
Quan Am
Quang Nam, Da Nang Province
Quy Nhon
rape
Red Cross
Reeducation Camp
escape from; see also Cay Cay Labor Camp; Tien Lanh Labor Camp Rehabilitation Center, PRPC see jail, PRPC
resettlement in the U.S.
Rochester, New York
Saigon; see also Ho Chi Minh City
Saigon tea
San Jose, California
Saudi Arabia
self mutilation among Amerasians
Seventh Day Adventists
Shultz, George
Song Be Province
soul food
South Vietnamese Army see Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Soviet Union
State Department
Svay Rieng
Tam Hiep
Tan Chau
Tan Son Nhut Airport
taxi girl see prostitute
Tay Ninh Province
The Temptations
Tet Offensive
Texas
Thai Binh
Thai Binh Market
Thailand
Thanh Hoa
Thieu, President see Nguyen Van
Thieu
Tho Dan Prison
Thu Duc
Thuan Hai Province
Tien Giang Province
Tien Lanh Labor Camp
Truong Minh Giang Street
Tu Do Street
Tu Duc
UNHCR see United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
United Press International
UPI see United Press International U.S. Embassy
Van Hanh University
VC see Viet Cong
Viet Cong (VC)
Viet Minh
Vietnam, escape from Vietnamese-American Association see American-Vietnamese Association
Vinh Binh
Vinh Chau
Vung Tau
Washington, D. C.
Weber, Vin
Wisconsin
W.O. see Work Orientation
Work Orientation (W.O.)
Xuan Loc
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