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Đình Tuấn & Hoài Tâm
Đình Tuấn & Hoài Tâm
My name is Tuan Dinh Nguyen. I was born and grew up in Quãng Ngãi City, Vietnam, where the conflicts on the battlefields happen almost daily. I had seen many soldiers dying during the war with my own eyes. My elementary school was near the military bases and airport. I had seen the parts of dead bodies blow out everywhere in my classroom due to the explosion of the conflicts. The smell of the dead bodies and the smoke of the guns can be smelled in my school environment on a daily basis. My friends and I used to use bullets and bomb shells to make toys for our entertainment. One of my friends burned his face while playing with the TNT (explosive chemical compound) of the unexplored bomb that lay on the ground. My childhood was terrible because the war was happening around me, which I have never forgotten.
After communists took over the South of Vietnam in 1975, my parents moved to Cẩm Đường Long Khánh where I became a farmer to plant corn, bean and coffee fields in small villages in Cẩm Đường (1975-1976), Thừa Đức (1977-1980) Suối Cả (1980-1990) which belong to Cẩm Mỹ, Long Khánh, Đồng Nai, Vietnam.
In 1989, I met a girl whose father was an unknown American soldier. Since the girl also had a terrible life in her childhood as I did, I decided to get married with her to join the journey.
During 1974, the U.S.A. withdrew from Vietnam and abandoned many of its children behind. Most of those children ended up with terrible lives without their father. They did not have opportunities to go to school due to discrimination and a lack of support from society. My wife was unfortunate to be one of those children who are called Amerasian (Amerasian is a person who has an American father and a Vietnamese mother. It is called "Con Lai" in Vietnamese Vietnam War babies in English).
Since the U.S.A. left behind their children in Vietnam, they decided to open a program to allow those Amerasian (Con Lai) to come to America for a better life. My wife was lucky to be one of those Amerasians, and I was allowed to go to America with her. In 1992, we came to America as Refugees and settled in Kansas City, Missouri.
When I landed in America, I realized that this country offers many opportunities and open doors for anyone who wants to pursue their education. Since I did not have many opportunities to go to school in Vietnam, I took advantage of these opportunities and went back to school and worked hard to support my family.
After several years of pursuing higher education, I finally graduated from the University of Missouri Kansas City with a Master's Degree in Telecommunication and Networking in 2001 and a Bachelor 's Degree in Computer Science in 1997.
I have worked for Sprint & T-Mobile for 28 years as a Senior Software Engineer. My workplace is located at the Sprint World Headquarter Campus in Overland Park, Kansas.
We have five children. My first daughter was born in Đội II (Suối Cả) Cẩm Đường Long Khánh Đồng Nai Vietnam. The other four children were born in Kansas City and Independence, Missouri.
We are a happy family and proud to be a mix of American and Vietnamese!
After communists took over the South of Vietnam in 1975, my parents moved to Cẩm Đường Long Khánh where I became a farmer to plant corn, bean and coffee fields in small villages in Cẩm Đường (1975-1976), Thừa Đức (1977-1980) Suối Cả (1980-1990) which belong to Cẩm Mỹ, Long Khánh, Đồng Nai, Vietnam.
In 1989, I met a girl whose father was an unknown American soldier. Since the girl also had a terrible life in her childhood as I did, I decided to get married with her to join the journey.
During 1974, the U.S.A. withdrew from Vietnam and abandoned many of its children behind. Most of those children ended up with terrible lives without their father. They did not have opportunities to go to school due to discrimination and a lack of support from society. My wife was unfortunate to be one of those children who are called Amerasian (Amerasian is a person who has an American father and a Vietnamese mother. It is called "Con Lai" in Vietnamese Vietnam War babies in English).
Since the U.S.A. left behind their children in Vietnam, they decided to open a program to allow those Amerasian (Con Lai) to come to America for a better life. My wife was lucky to be one of those Amerasians, and I was allowed to go to America with her. In 1992, we came to America as Refugees and settled in Kansas City, Missouri.
When I landed in America, I realized that this country offers many opportunities and open doors for anyone who wants to pursue their education. Since I did not have many opportunities to go to school in Vietnam, I took advantage of these opportunities and went back to school and worked hard to support my family.
After several years of pursuing higher education, I finally graduated from the University of Missouri Kansas City with a Master's Degree in Telecommunication and Networking in 2001 and a Bachelor 's Degree in Computer Science in 1997.
I have worked for Sprint & T-Mobile for 28 years as a Senior Software Engineer. My workplace is located at the Sprint World Headquarter Campus in Overland Park, Kansas.
We have five children. My first daughter was born in Đội II (Suối Cả) Cẩm Đường Long Khánh Đồng Nai Vietnam. The other four children were born in Kansas City and Independence, Missouri.
We are a happy family and proud to be a mix of American and Vietnamese!
Kathy, Maily, and Tammy
