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The day the Vietnam War started. A fight between the communist north Vietnam and anti-communist south Vietnam.

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The day Hoc Huynh was born. Hoc was born in the small city of Rach Gia, Vietnam, being born as the third youngest out of twelve children. Twelve children consisting of six boys and six girls and Hoc being born as the youngest of all of the boys in the family.
* only two of his sisters, his mom, and one of his brothers are in this picture, there aren't any pictures of the entire family.

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The Fall of Saigon. The day the Vietnam War ended.

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The month and year Hoc started his journey of coming to the United States with his fifth older brother, Sung, being the last of the boys in the family to come to the United States.
( left - Sung )
( right - Hoc )

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The month and year Hoc and his brother Sung made it to America after traveling by boat from Vietnam to a refugee camp in Thailand and staying there for five months.
After staying in Thailand for five months, Hoc and Sung went on another boat that took them to Indonesia where they stayed in Galangs for another 5 months.
Totaling up to 10 months, “The Americans then came and took us to an airport and we got onto a plane and after a long long time. I was in America.” (Hoc)
* picture of Hoc, Sung, and their mom

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The year when Vietnam finally opened up to the world and allowed tourists and travelers to visit 12 years after the Vietnam War.

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The year that Hoc was to go back home to Vietnam. After 8 years of being in the United States, taking ELA classes and working any job he could find to make money, was able to book plane tickets and go back to Vietnam to visit his family.
This would be the first time he would be coming back home after escaping to the United States and being able to reunite with his sisters and parents.
* Picture of Hoc (far right), his older brother, his four sisters, mom, and nephews when he just came back to Vietnam.

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The year that Hoc passed his American Citizenship Test.

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The month and year that Hoc marries his wife Chau. They met in 1995 and got married in 2001 after their financial status became stable.

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In 2003, Hoc and Chau had their first daughter (Julie) and had their second daughter Jasmine in 2005. Hoc and Chau were also able to purchase their first house in 2006 and is the same house his family is currently living in right now.
After coming to the United States as a refugee of the Vietnam War, Hoc was able to build his life from nothing to become successful in his own eyes and his family's eyes.