Tr?i t? n?n Galang 1 1980-1981

Tr�n d�y l� nh?ng anh em l�m vi?c thi?n nguy?n ? ban d?i di?n v� ph�ng th�ng tin c?a tr?i Galang 1 nam 1981"C�n ch�t g� d? nh?...d? qu�n"
Nguy?n Phi L�n

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After departures, we would stand around the now empty space - talking, crying, and laughing (at ourselves) and then walk the 3 miles back to camp.
Ch�ng t�i thu?ng ? l?i sau khi ti?n ngu?i ra di, v?a kh�c, v?a cu?i, r?i c�ng di b? kho?ng 1.5 km v? l?i tr?i






Lunch in the Buddhist Temple with the monk, Thich Thien Tri and Father Dominici (in the yellow t-shirt) who was the camp's Catholic

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Minh, in the blue shirt was in the camp alone. He was so brave and such a great student. The night before, at a party held in his honor, he'd delivered a fine speech in Vietnamese and English. But here at the harbor, he became a little boy again and had us all crying along with him.



Minh , b� trai m?t �o xanh, t?i tr?i m?t m�nh. Minh r?t can d?m v� th�ng minh. ��m h�m bu?i ti?c t? ch?c cho

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The day that our wonderful principal, Nguyen Van Hai, left we closed down the school so everyone could see him off. Here he is with Son. Hai went to Edmonton, Canada. The last time I talked with him, he was going to have exploritory surgery the following morning. I never heard from Hai again. His number was disconnected, and I've never talked with anyone who had news of him
















In

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This was the day I left.
On the left is Mr. Day. On the right, Mr. Trinh. Mr. Day was 77 and had been the president of our Golden Age Club for a year. He spoke very little English, but he had an amazing spirit. Later, I visited Mr. Day and his family in Tacoma. The family was worried because he seldom left the apartment. He gave me a can of tea as a gift. I first met Mr. Trinh when Debbie and I

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?(from left) Tuan, Hai, and Son. Hai and Son went to Canada and Tuan to San Jose, California. Hai was our school's principal and our dear friend. He had been on Galang for several years (the normal stay was about 1 year). Eight years after this photo was taken, I was working at another camp in the Philippines. I was wading in the river when two young Vietnamese women came up to me and asked if I

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The boat that had carried 88 people from Vietnam (7 days).

88 ngu?i t? n?n Vi?t Nam di tr�n con t�u n�y trong 7 ng�y d? t?i du?c Galang




Kh�ng nh? t�n em b� n�y







The day that Debbie and Elliot arrived. They were both friends from school in Vermont. I'd gone down to the harbor everyday for a week hoping that would be the day.

Ng�y Debbie v� Elliot t?i tr?i Galang. C? hai l� b?n h?c

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Debbie. The Vietnamese called her "Babee", and so did I sometimes.








Me with Mark. Mark was my dormmate in Vermont. He had been working in the camp from the beginning and had grown thin. He and the others left a month after I arrived. Later, I met a Vietnamese family that remembered Mark as their "savior" because he had dived into the ocean to save their drowning son after the boy

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Entertainment in the Site I Youth Center

Bu?i van ngh? t?i trung t�m Gi?i tr?










People seeing me off at the Galang harbor...January 12, 1982.
Ng�y t�i (Gaylord) r?i tr?i








Buddhist Temple built by the refugees
Ng�i Ch�a t?i Galang








Thuy and family went to San Francisco
Gia d�nh Th�y d?nh cu ? San Francisco








Son was a little haunted at times. On their first

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Students in our Golden Age Club.














A Housewive's Class graduation. Miss Dung was the teacher.







On most weekends, the Indonesian authorities allowed the refugees to go to the beach which was about a mile from the camp.







Vietnamese boats would usually land on Indonesian islands farther to the north. But three boats landed directly on Galang during the time I was there.

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Mr Day







Dr. Tru with the Catholic Church in the background







Christmas, 1980 with Ba Chin and her family.

Alcohol was legal in camp at Christmas and again on Tet.







This was the graduation of a Teachers' Training Class.

Years later, I was best man for Tri (4th from right front row) when he was married in Tacoma

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Ho Ngoc Tieng. I visited him once later in California.




Hanh had just then killed the snake which the Vietnmaese said was deadly.



I'd said so many goodbyes, I couldn't take it for a moment. For the Vietnamese it was worse...much worse. Sometimes families were split up, part of a family going to Australia, part to this country. Those goodbyes were terrible to witness...and should not

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Girls who ran one of the little stands in the camp








Anh and his brother went to Germany








The son of Mr. Chau from my first team of teachers (The Flying Dragons)...the day he and his family left camp. We were at the Buddhist Temple with Zone 6 in the distance. They went to Fresno.








Everytime I met Lan, he'd say, "Hello Gaylord"








Mr. Hai with "his"

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Mr. Chau from my first team of teachers (The Flying Dragons)...the day he and his family left camp. We were at the Buddhist Temple with Zone 6 in the distance. They went to Fresno.

Gia d�nh anh Ch�u trong nh�m th?y gi�o "R?ng Bay" ng�y gia d�nh anh r?i tr?i di d?nh cu t?i Fresno. H�nh ch?p t?i Ch�a, ph�a sau l� v�ng 6





Our school's typist and an Overseas Vietnamese Boy Scout leader.
Thu

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