Vietnamese Boat People

ID: 367 ~ Source: Wikimedia Commons ~ Creator: PH2 Phil Eggman ~ Date: 15 May 1984
This file appears in: Iowa: The Home for Immigrants
Vietnamese Boat People
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35 Vietnamese refugees wait to be taken aboard the amphibious command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19). They are being rescued from a 35 foot fishing boat 350 miles northeast of Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, after spending eight days at sea.

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Immigration

Publisher

U.S. Navy

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Image
This file appears in: Iowa: The Home for Immigrants

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