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Chào to Main Street: An Account of Vietnamese Refugees in Western Oklahoma

Chào to Main Street: An Account of Vietnamese Refugees in Western Oklahoma - Hardcover

by Mary Kluver, Ordell Kluver
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Availability:In StockContributor:Mary Kluver, Ordell Kluver, Randy Kluver (Foreword by)Publish date:8/19/2025Pages:214
Language:EnglishPublisher:Quill Hawk PublishingISBN-13:9798990855328UPC:9798990855328Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Wars & Conflicts, RefugeesBook Topic:State & Local, Vietnam WarSize:10.00 x 8.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:1.4815Product ID:SCV46H4MFY
"Captivating from start to finish." - Major General (Ret.) Viet LuongWith the fall of Saigon in April of 1975, Vietnamese refugees flooded into US military bases to await resettlement in the United States. Ordell and Mary Kluver, from a small town in Western Oklahoma, soon found themselves immersed in a project to sponsor and help resettle 250 Vietnamese refugees in Clinton, Oklahoma, and the surrounding areas. They arranged for housing, education, and job placement. This book is their account, detailing the economic, social, and cross-cultural issues that arose from such an experience and exploring the genuine difficulties of introducing the Vietnamese people, with strong cultural traditions, into a vastly different, largely rural culture in the US.

"Considered one of the most successful group resettlement efforts in the US, this amazing story is barely known, and this volume tells the story of that migration with humor, tragedy, frustration, and above all, an undying commitment to providing those who had fled their homes with a chance to start a new life."- Scott Fritzen, President of Fulbright University Vietnam."Not only does this book reimagine what it was like for the many Vietnamese families who had to give of their lives for the sake of freedom and the struggles of starting over, but it also allows so many people to realize the hardships for those who were fighting to help the immigrants and the refugee families." -Thuan Hieu Nguyen, President, Vietnamese American Heritage Community of Oklahoma"A heartfelt, powerful tribute to resilience and compassion."- Amy M. Le, Author of Snow in Vietnam


Language:EnglishPublisher:Quill Hawk PublishingISBN-13:9798990855328UPC:9798990855328Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Wars & Conflicts, RefugeesBook Topic:State & Local, Vietnam WarSize:10.00 x 8.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:1.4815Product ID:SCV46H4MFY
Publisher: Quill Hawk Publishing

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Mary Kluver, Ordell Kluver, Randy Kluver (Foreword by)

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Mary Kluver, Ordell Kluver

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