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Among the refugees in Guam were about 1,600 people who requested repatriation to
Vietnam. Many of them were South Vietnamese army and naval personnel. The Vietnamese navy had loaded up their ships with people during the evacuation and sailed out to sea, ending up in Guam. Their families often left
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The refugees included "farmers ... an entire fishing village ... Many gave the impression of not knowing where they were or why they were there. Some had simply fled in panic." However, once in Guam, "their destination was the United States ... how many never intended to travel to continental United
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More than 20,000 military personnel from all services were involved in the operation. The military was tasked with providing transportation, operating refugee reception centers in the
Pacific and the United States, and assisting civilian agencies in the resettlement program. Expenses incurred by the
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In addition to the Army run camp at Orote Point, numerous
Vietnamese were housed at Andersen Air Force Base in an area known as Tin City. This complex of pre-engineered metal buildings had previously served as housing for aircraft maintenance and other personnel supporting the B-52 bombing missions
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constructed additional housing, including bulldozing 1,200 acres of brush to create "Tent City" for 50,000 people. On 7 May, three merchant ships arrived at Guam carrying 13,000 Vietnamese, the highest number of people to arrive in a single day. The refugee population on Guam peaked on 13 May at
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The State
Department was concerned that some among the potential returnees were being coerced by their colleagues into saying they wished to return to Vietnam. State isolated the potential returnees and interviewed each of them individually. Those affirming they wished to return to Vietnam were
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initially took responsibility for the repatriation. The
Vietnamese government demanded that a lengthy questionnaire be completed for each potential returnee. UNHCR completed the questionnaires and submitted them, but no response was forthcoming from Vietnam. Meantime, the refugees became more
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Tasked with providing food and shelter, Naval
Station Tug Base personnel improvised housing from abandoned warehouses of decommissioned Camp Minron with cots and supplies from the base emergency hurricane supplies, fed hundreds from plastic trash cans full of fish and rice from the base galley.
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also provided hot meals from her own stores and galley. Outside showers were made from a circle of metal lockers and fire hoses with sprinkler heads. The Seabee's first task was the construction of 2,000 squad tents measuring 16 feet (4.9 m) x 32 feet (9.8 m). Seabees also set up
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created the
Interagency Task Force (IATF) for Indochina on 18 April 1975. It tasked a dozen government agencies with the responsibility to transport, process, receive and resettle Indochinese refugees, nearly all Vietnamese, in the United States. Ford appointed L. Dean Brown of the
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and officials of the South
Vietnamese government. However, a Congressional report summed up characteristics of the refugees who arrived in Guam as follows: "Half the Vietnamese we intended to get out did not get out – and half who did get out should not have."
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frequently impact Guam and the military and civilian personnel involved in
Operation New Life feared that a typhoon would strike Guam while the Vietnamese were living in tents and unprotected from the elements. Fortunately, no typhoon hit Guam in 1975.
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was unknown for more than a decade. The ship's captain, Tran Dinh Tru, later told his story. On arrival in
Vietnam, Tru and at least some of his shipmates were sent to re-education camps in the rural areas of Vietnam. Tru was imprisoned for 12 years.
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The U.S. military estimated that 13,000 refugees could be housed on Guam, and the first arrivals on 23 April were placed in apartments. The numbers, however, reached 20,000 on 27 April, exceeding the capacity of existing housing. The
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50,450 - more than one-half the number of permanent residents of the island. Most of the Vietnamese would spend only two or three weeks on Guam before being transported to the United States or, in a few cases, to other countries.
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in Florida. There, the U.S. military provided them food and temporary housing while the IATF and charitable organizations gave them language and cultural training and sought sponsors and locations for their resettlement in
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The objective of the evacuation of South Vietnamese had been to remove U.S. government employees and their families, and Vietnamese with close associations with the United States, who were in danger of
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insistent in their demands to return, including staging demonstrations and threatening violence and suicide. In September 1975, Julia Taft recommended that the Vietnamese be given the merchant ship
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unloaded at Andersen Air Force Base. Passengers were escorted to Tent City, where tents erected just hours before awaited them. Those who fled Vietnam by sea landed at the Naval Supply Station at
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for departure. Those declining to return, numbering 45, were escorted to the mostly-empty refugee camps for onward transportation to the U.S. The total number of Vietnamese crowded onto the
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States will never be known." The majority of the Vietnamese on Guam were from the educated elite of the country. Twenty percent had attended a university; 40 percent were
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returnees were nearly the last Vietnamese refugees on Guam. The camps there were closed on 23 October and Operation New Life terminated on 1 November 1975.
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within Naval Base Guam. At its peak it held a population of 39,331. The camp, called Camp Rainbow, was staffed by units from the U.S.
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used his authority to grant parole status to the Vietnamese, which allowed them to enter the United States and remain permanently.
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that flew from Andersen. The complex included dormitory and latrine facilities which were quickly made ready by base personnel.
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was adopted on 23 May 1975. This act allocated funding of $ 305 million for the State Department and $ 100 million for HEW.
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declined to accept the Vietnamese evacuees, fearing that they would have them on their soil permanently. However, Governor
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to head Operation New Life. Later he was replaced by
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3288:Refugee Workers in the Indochina Exodus, 1975–1982
3469:Battles and operations of the Vietnam War in 1975
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3115:United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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3333:Operation Newlife: The Untold Story
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2851:. On April 23, Rear Admiral
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3479:Vietnamese-American history
3290:. MacFarland & Company.
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2679:Lists of allied operations
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2941:South Vietnamese military
2762:, the closing day of the
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2794:People's Army of Vietnam
2788:Indochina refugee crisis
1694:DMZ Campaign (1969–1971)
1687:Vietnamization 1969–1971
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3192:Operation Frequent Wind
3061:NAS Agana, Brewer Field
3057:Lockheed C-130 Hercules
3039:400 restrooms installed
2985:Airlifts from Saigon's
2867:Andersen Air Force Base
2853:George Stephen Morrison
2806:Operation Frequent Wind
207:Dương Liễu – Nhông Pass
3322:, accessed 20 Dec 2013
3263:, accessed 26 Dec 2013
3202:Operation New Arrivals
3180:Operation New Arrivals
3085:27th Infantry Regiment
3073:25th Infantry Division
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2987:Tan Son Nhut Air Base
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1852:Montgomery Rendezvous
1735:Massachusetts Striker
1305:Tan Son Nhut Air Base
239:American intervention
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2835:Nearby countries in
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3459:Vietnamese diaspora
3171:Fort Indiantown Gap
3104:Viet Nam Thuong Tin
3083:and 1st Battalion,
2818:Department of State
2163:Paris Peace Accords
1943:Pennsylvania Square
1597:Phase III Offensive
1492:Landing Zone Center
606:Baton Rouge Victory
3308:. 8 December 2008.
3306:The New York Times
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3065:Orote Field
2991:Apra Harbor
2933:persecution
2915:refugee law
2898:Orote Field
2860:Wake Island
2813:Gerald Ford
2768:tent cities
2764:Vietnam War
2604:Stable Door
2590:Game Warden
2584:Vung Ro Bay
2578:Market Time
2450:Giant Lance
2436:Igloo White
2391:Tiger Hound
2370:Steel Tiger
2333:Barrel Roll
2258:Hue–Da Nang
2243:Spring 1975
2191:Trung Nghia
2165:(1973–1974)
2142:Thunderhead
2053:Finney Hill
2045:Lam Son 719
1928:FSB Ripcord
1915:Green River
1833:Lamar Plain
1817:Apache Snow
1782:Geneva Park
1768:Atlas Wedge
1651:Meade River
1583:Quyet Chien
1487:West Saigon
1469:Allen Brook
1455:Scotland II
1399:Quyet Thang
1361:Coronado XI
1209:Yellowstone
1144:Coronado IX
1051:Dragon Fire
1037:Coronado IV
1011:Coronado II
885:Prairie III
853:Beaver Cage
746:Sam Houston
724:Cedar Falls
716:Deckhouse V
541:Nathan Hale
494:Crazy Horse
487:Paul Revere
400:Silver City
386:Cocoa Beach
74:Vietnam War
72:during the
27:Orote Field
3438:Categories
3208:References
3151:Thuong Tin
3143:Thuong Tin
3136:Thuong Tin
3132:Thuong Tin
3128:Thuong Tin
3120:Thuong Tin
2800:, such as
2782:Background
2776:Thuong Tin
2616:Sea Dragon
2536:Eagle Pull
2510:Homecoming
2398:Shed Light
2319:Ranch Hand
2236:Phước Long
2226:Thượng Đức
2211:Svay Rieng
2196:Ap Da Bien
2080:Long Khánh
1957:Elk Canyon
1922:Texas Star
1761:Maine Crag
1742:Wayne Grey
1624:Thượng Đức
1295:US Embassy
1277:Coronado X
1195:Manchester
1067:Coronado V
1018:Hood River
984:The Slopes
913:Kingfisher
892:Prairie IV
878:Prairie II
760:Enterprise
664:Shenandoah
522:Lam Son II
466:Birmingham
3157:Aftermath
3008:USS
2995:USS
2937:Viet Cong
2873:base and
2661:End Sweep
2404:Thanh Hoa
2377:Arc Light
2354:Iron Hand
2305:Farm Gate
2264:Phan Rang
2201:Quang Duc
2086:Chenla II
1859:Utah Mesa
1630:Maui Peak
1354:Hop Tac I
1327:Quảng Trị
1216:Muscatine
1137:Lancaster
1114:MacArthur
1101:Ong Thanh
978:Concordia
936:Kole Kole
860:Con Thien
841:Manhattan
650:Attleboro
529:Hawthorne
508:Hardihood
480:Austin IV
453:Xa Cam My
335:Van Buren
232:Dong Xoai
165:Kien Long
160:Long Dinh
105:Đồng Khởi
3378:Archived
3186:See also
2950:Catholic
2888:Refugees
2881:Typhoons
2756:refugees
2672:East Sea
2641:Đồng Hới
2635:Sealords
2568:stations
2529:New Life
2522:Babylift
2423:Yen Vien
2270:Xuân Lộc
2206:Tri Phap
2181:Hồng Ngự
2176:Cửa Việt
2121:Loc Ninh
2011:Tailwind
1990:Chenla I
1657:Hat Dich
1618:Vinh Loc
1514:Kham Duc
1462:Delaware
1418:Carentan
1346:Lo Giang
1269:Lang Vei
1258:Khe Sanh
1202:Saratoga
1179:Napoleon
1158:Santa Fe
1004:Coronado
971:Billings
950:Union II
922:Crockett
906:Kentucky
801:Suoi Tre
753:Pershing
685:Geronimo
613:Amarillo
599:Long Tan
588:Colorado
562:Hastings
535:Hill 488
440:Jackstay
433:Fillmore
379:Harrison
372:New York
321:Marauder
293:Ia Drang
280:Gang Toi
250:Starlite
212:Qui Nhơn
196:Binh Gia
185:Nam Dong
148:Hiep Hoa
99:Biên Hòa
3235:11 June
2997:Proteus
2924:Seabees
2900:on the
2824:of the
2731:1973–74
2429:Niagara
2312:Chopper
2231:Phú Lộc
2221:Duc Duc
1893:LZ Kate
1846:Binh Ba
1755:Ben Het
1722:2nd Tet
1603:Duc Lap
1563:Binh An
1425:Pegasus
1375:Patrick
1368:Houston
1332:Bến Tre
1290:Da Nang
1187:Phoenix
1130:Osceola
1081:Bolling
957:Dragnet
899:Buffalo
871:Hickory
820:Lejeune
739:Gadsden
697:Fairfax
671:Atlanta
581:Prairie
515:Wahiawa
501:El Paso
459:Georgia
426:Lincoln
360:Mastiff
268:Plei Me
263:An Ninh
257:Piranha
222:Sông Bé
143:Go Cong
123:Sunrise
111:Chopper
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3351:, p. 5
3010:Hector
2908:, 1975
2849:Saigon
2845:asylum
2562:&
2559:Yankee
2417:Popeye
2136:Kontum
2126:An Lộc
2092:Nui Le
1497:An Bao
1482:Dai Do
1411:Walker
1381:Tam Kỳ
1339:Coburg
1251:McLain
1230:Auburn
1151:Neosho
1121:Dak To
1088:Medina
1030:Benton
772:Bribie
732:Desoto
634:Seward
594:Duc Co
412:Oregon
227:Ba Gia
217:Ka Nak
190:An Lao
137:Ấp Bắc
130:Shufly
3075:from
2610:PIRAZ
2565:Dixie
2464:Patio
2161:Post-
2036:Snuol
1557:Robin
1165:Essex
1074:Kunia
1044:Swift
964:Akron
834:Baker
827:Union
796:Ap Gu
555:Macon
419:Texas
406:A Sau
328:Crimp
177:USNS
3406:ISBN
3237:2020
3149:The
3113:The
3102:The
3055:and
2956:The
2906:Guam
2871:B-52
2804:and
2752:Guam
2736:1975
2726:1972
2721:1971
2716:1970
2711:1969
2706:1968
2701:1967
2696:1966
2691:1965
2686:1964
2457:Menu
2410:Bolo
2098:1972
1569:Thor
709:1967
620:Byrd
393:Utah
314:1966
274:Hump
243:1965
179:Card
92:Laos
31:Guam
1321:Hue
864:DMZ
604:SS
548:Jay
154:34A
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