[Interview of the Xiong family, Hmong immigrants from Laos]. [Part 2].

Former soldier and Hmong immigrant Kao Xiong recounts his role in the Laotian Civil War and his subsequent escape to the to Ban Vinai refugee camp in Thailand, where he spent five years. He recalls what it was like to meet and marry his wife in the camp, the pain of separation from family and friend...

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Bibliographic Details

Corporate Authors:	Hmong Americans in Michigan Oral History Project, Michigan State University Press (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors:	Xiong, Kao (Interviewee), Xiong, Lian (Interviewee), Xiong, Christine (Interviewee), Bloomfield, Martha Aladjem (Interviewer)
Language:	English
Subjects:	Hmong Americans > Michigan > Interviews. Refugee camps > Thailand. Civil war > Laos. Families. Culture shock. United States > Emigration and immigration. Oral histories. Sound recordings.
Genre:	Interviews. Oral histories. Sound recordings.
Online Access:	Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Local Note:	MSU: Gift of Martha Aladjem Bloomfield.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 audio file (49 min.))
Format:	Electronic Audio Software