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Okay . Mhm .

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Hi , I'm Newton chata with D . L . A .

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Public Affairs and this is the D . L .

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A wrap . This is your opportunity to

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get to know D . L . A . People and

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programs on a more personal level .

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Today , my special guest is Taesa

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Marcus with D . L . A . Land and

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maritime High Taesa . How are you today ?

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How long have you been with the L . A .

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And what is your job title ? I have

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been with me away for a year and a half

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and I work as electronics engineer .

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Tell me , where does your story begin ?

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My story begins in Vietnam . I have

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three brothers and a sister . My

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desk was a naval officer

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in the Vietnam . Er me , my mom is

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homemaker . Our family went through the

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hardship when Vietnam war ended , my

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dad were put into the labour camp by

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the Vietnamese government and he

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remained there for over three years

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to support us and my dad in the labor

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camp . My mom has to travel further

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most of South Vietnam to Trey in

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my hometown Hill , where I grew up is

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in the middle of Vietnam . We made this

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special hat to show the rain

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in the sun and my , my mom would pack

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many , many has into the long stack

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and she would carry it

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how to the south . The Masala Vietnam

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uh , tree to make some money

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for us during the time your father was

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in the labor camp . Did your family

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here from him at all ? Or did you not

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have any correspondence ? My dad wrote

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letter to my mom . Uh , but

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it's very hard to get too mad to

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us because the

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regulation and how he's being treated ,

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uh , many more contact . She took me

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there and it's a long trip go to

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further most of North Vietnam . So

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it take many days to get there . Do you

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know why your father was put in the

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labor camp ? They labeled him as a

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trader of the Vietnamese people because

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he was fighting alongside of american

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and he held a position as a major .

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So they feel safer if they kept him

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in the labor camp every day , they have

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to go out on the field , do whatever

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being told , but not being fat .

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So my mom needs to bring food

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to give you a lie . How did you happen

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to come to the United States ? We can't

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do the United States through

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humanitarian resettlement program

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In September 1991 .

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So when you came to the United States ,

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what State did you come to ? We came to

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columbus Ohio . I did not speak english .

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When I arrived , my first impression of

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the US was we made it to the great

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country , giving us hope for a better

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future with grateful to our new country

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who save us from despair and lost .

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And so I believe you've told me that

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education was very important to your

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father . He told me you finished high

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school in Vietnam . You should go

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through college . And I said , yes ,

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daddy dictionary in my hand . When did

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you finish your degree ? I

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finished my associate degree ,

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Mechanic , Mechanical Engineering

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In 1992 and I did not

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have strong enough english to finish my

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bachelor degree at that time . And I

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came back to college . A single mom

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with two young Children 10 and six

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years old . So my typical day

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Start at two am I do my

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school before waking the Children up

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for their school . We work very hard

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to get a better future homeless . How

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do you think you're

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childhood in Vietnam has shaped who

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you are today ? My childhood in Vietnam

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enabled me to be humble ,

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grateful , positive .

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What do you do for fun spending quality

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time with my Children is so precious

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Because my 17 years old boy

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enlisted in the military and he will be

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shipped out Three days after his

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18th birthday . How do you feel about

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working for D . L . A . They said , oh

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no . And I am . He is so

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blessing is the honor to look for theo

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waigel in America . I'm trying very

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hard every day to do a good job . Uh

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huh . This is my greatest , greatest

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job worth . Well ,

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you've certainly been an inspiration to

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me . So thank you so much for wrapping

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with me today and thank you all of you

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for joining me today on the D . L . A .

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Rap . Mhm