Word: bui
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...whole war effort and imposed its own training methods, tactics and supplies on South Viet Nam. The Vietnamese became so dependent on the U.S. that when President Nixon threatened a cutoff in U.S. aid if Thieu did not sign the Paris peace accords, Thieu could only give in. Ambassador Bui Diem provides a pathetic vignette of Thieu at San Clemente, where he sought assurance of U.S. help if Hanoi violated the accords. "You can count on us," Nixon said. Thieu was so relieved that he broke out champagne as soon as his plane took off for home...
...somehow, somewhere, somebody from my country has courage, a strong will and a chance to build up a new life here in America, where it is difficult to adapt to culture differences. It was a model, a hope for my people, and I am personally proud for the Thieu Bui family...
...family's lunches are cooked by Mary, the Bui's black maid. But Simone usually prepares a Vietnamese-style dinner. She buys ingredients in bulk (20-30 lbs. of rice noodles at a time) from specialty stores as far away as Virginia and Baton Rouge, La. Their house is a meeting of East and West. Lacquered tables made by Vietnamese artisans and imported from Paris, a Chinese screen bought in Washington, a cowhide rug, a color TV, thick carpeting and soft upholstered sofas. "You show your Penney's card and take what you want home," chuckles Bui...
...Thieu Bui was better equipped to be assimilated into middle-class American life than most of the 156,000 Vietnamese who are trying to take hold here. He got excellent medical training in Saigon. In 1967-68 he also served as a resident at a West Virginia medical center, where he passed the crucial foreign medical graduates exam...
When Saigon fell, he was a colonel in the Vietnamese medical corps and had no alternative but to flee. His son Tuyen was close to military age and Bui, fearing the boy would be "drafted or used by the Communists," brought him along with his new family. Three other young children stayed behind with their mother, Bui's first wife. Bui's own mother and a brother who teaches school in Saigon also refused to leave. Once in the U.S., Dr. Bui encountered only one major setback. The first time he tried, he failed his national licensing exam...