Word: thanh
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Vietnamese Boat Person Vu Thanh Thuy, at Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.: "In fact, surprising as it may seem, the daily struggle of making a living in America is more difficult to cope with than all of the events we went through in prison and at sea. The reason is that there is nothing 'heroic' about surviving the never ending problems of daily life...
...town of Dien Bien Phu, with a population of about 4,000, is bustling as workers put finishing touches on exhibits in the new war museum, a converted rice warehouse filled with battle memorabilia, including bullet-riddled French helmets. In the nearby hamlet of Thanh An, 120 women dressed in long black skirts and brightly colored blouses drill barefoot in preparation for the anniversary parade...
...learn to adjust to a new system in a new society so they can help themselves and their families." Out of 83 students on the honor roll at Brighton High, 56 are Vietnamese. All 32 Vietnamese members of last June's graduating class went on to college. Thanh Tran, 19, who left his parents and eight siblings in Viet Nam three years ago, earned a scholarship to Boston College, where he is studying math and computer science. "I came here just for learning," he says. "Every single day I try so hard because I want to help my parents...
...most persuasive piece of evidence, however, is Pham himself. Unlike Be or Thanh, Pham is neither wild nor demonstrative. His hair, cut short and jagged around the wound, looks like a washed kitten's. His height is average for a Vietnamese 15-year-old?about 5 ft. 2 in. His build is average. His face is mouth-open flat, without expression, except for the eyes, so brown as to seem black, which cannot exactly be said to have expression either. They are their own depth, the vessels of what they have seen. It is what they have seen that makes...
...anything for now, but some day I want to get a few acres of land and grow fruit trees as I did in Viet Nam." Tuyen is satisfied with his first job. He is stuffing feathers in down coats for a clothing manufacturer at $4.50 an hour. Brother Thanh is tinkering at home. "I found this broken television set in the garbage on the street, and I'm trying to find out how to fix it," he says...