listen to the man at 2:20, "I saw American Flag, I knew that we are safe 100%". The is spirit and pride the Americans should get. Keep building this country ...
You're absolutely right,but unfortunately a lot of people in this country don't feel that way and they don't know how lucky they are to be here.And remember what that young woman said: other ships from other countries saw them and just kept going.A ship from the United States Navy stopped and our men saved them.That says it all.
As a Vietnamese American I am eternally grateful and blessed to be in this great country. One of the greatest events of my life was becoming an American citizen. The veterans who served in the war gave me a life.
Tom Wagstaff Thank you for expressing this sentiment. I’m too forever grateful to America for given my family “heaven on earth” as she described it in the video. Thank you!
America... the closest to heaven on earth... As an immigrant myself, I agree with what she said. So please my American friends, brothers, and sisters, please do not take America for granted. Please understand how blessed you are for being an American. Yes, America is not perfect but she is really the best in the world.
I say this so often. People die everyday attempting to get here..then you have those kids who grew up in luxury and privilege talking about how its 'Amerikkka' and how horrible it is. They are going to turn one of the last sanctuaries on earth into another communist regime if we arent careful.. I wish we had more people like you and less who were born here yet hate it, you may be a immigrant but youre a real american because you love and respect what it stands for.
@@concentratecorner1744 Don't worry friend.....................The infants cannot change what they need to make the changes they seek. They are self destructive. They only worry would come from the leftists on the hill and the conservatives that wear a false face.
I feel your comment very deep in my heart. I’m also a grateful immigrant myself. I really appreciate my life here. My new home. This country offered me a lot of wonderful things to which I’m forever grateful 🇺🇸
Beg to differ there. I've been to the States a few times but Australia is better. Very, very similar in many ways, but also very different, and we actually have more freedoms here.
This brought me to tears because that was how my mother, 2 older siblings and I were rescued 38 yrs ago. I was 4yrs old, the youngest of my siblings. An American Navy ship rescued us. I don't remember the ordeal but I am greatful every single day that I live in America.
Yeah a U.S. NAVAL Ship would NEVER just pass them by. As a proud U.S. NAVY veteran I salute the men who served aboard the good ship USS Ingersoll that day. ✌🇺🇸
This makes me smile so much. I am a Army vet and served under the last of the Vietnam veterans in 1993. I spoke to quite a few guys who would almost cry when they told me stories of leaving Vietnam and knowing they could not help anymore. I used to idolize the Vietnam war as a kid and wished I was there. I was stupid then and did not realize all of the hardships and families torn apart. My wife is a 1st Gen Lao American. Her family came to the USA in the 70s. They never talk about what happened. I am around Viet and Lao people constantly. They are the most generous people I have ever met. 😍 I live by Portland Oregon.
Hello Mike, I am one of the boat people who came to the US in mid-1985 and have lived in SE Portland, OR until now. We were rescued by the US Navy as well. Cheers.
Cant stop crying. Beautiful family. Beautiful American fighting men. This reminds us of our responsibility as a free nation with so much power to do good. God bless America.
the same thing happen to my hmong people even through i was born here in the US it still brings tear to my eyes when i see my hmong people still suffering from the war my dad was 12 and my mom was 11 when both sides of my family members got to Thailand and then they Emigrated to the US in 1985
Stories like this make me proud of my country and Dale is a true example of what an American should be and exemplify. This meeting was truly beautiful just seeing the smiles on all of their faces was the best possible thing to witness.
Lived and worked in America at the early stage of my career and have great memories of the warmth and kindness of the people there and in particular living on my own and being invited by a work colleague who was a American Vietnam Veteran and a adoptee to his step parents home for dinner on Xmas Day in 1975 in LA and not only having a magnificent Xmas dinner but a gift under the tree aswell !! I brought a bottle of Irish whiskey and made them Irish coffees which they greatly appreciated. We are close to election time in America and it’s for the American people to decide and I wish them nothing but the very best as the world needs a strong America. It’s a great country and I have much fondness for all Americans.
My God - all those other ships just passed them by without even acknowledging that they had seen them, or calling their superiors to send out another ship specifically to rescue those 40 people. It's amazing how heartless some human beings can be towards other human beings. Half-starved, dehydrated, probably not destined to stay alive much longer, a Navy ship sees them and actually takes the time to turn their ship around and go back and pick them up. It looks like there are numerous successful people in that family now, and I suspect that all those children worked so hard in school to become successful so that would be the way in which they could thank the sailors on that ship. They didn't take their rescue for granted - they saw it for the tremendous miracle it was and they vowed to live the best lives possible in gratitude for the second chance at life that they had been given. Those of us who have grown up without ever hearing a gun being fired, or having to watch our fathers taken to jail time and time again, being able to sleep at night because there is nothing to fear - we have no idea what real life is like until we see a video like this one. This is not a movie that was conjured up in some producer's head - this was real life for an entire nation of people. They deserve SO much more.
Man, what a story. Can’t help but cry imagining parents making that hard choice to flee, despite the danger at sea. It’s really moving to hear their memories of the event.
My father served about the USS Ingersoll's sister ship, the USS Elliot (DD-967) and had a similar story. In that situation, the people on the boat intentionally set it on fire so as to prompt an S.O.S. rescue. After being rescued, they were given a hot meal from the galley, and were allowed to use the showers. While they bathed, the crew washed their clothes. As usually happens, money always falls out in the wash. After the meal, the boat people were asked whose wanted to claim the money found in the wash. Not a single person came forward; they knew if they claimed it, they would be sent back. Years later, my father was commissioning a Vietnamese-American into the Navy. Turns out the newly minted Ensign's wife was one of the people my father's ship rescued.
This is how the attitude should be unlike today's climate with all the cry babies who live in a great place but complain non stop about non-issues. Very awesome video and reunion.
This makes me smile and tear up a bit. Being australian i am proud to be apart of a multicultural civilisation, it means we get to experience so many things from so many cultures. Its a beautiful thing 😁😁
Thankyou Dell and everyone who's challenged their superiors to fight for humanity. I salute the men who served aboard the good ship USS Ingersoll that day. May God bless you All
Haha, im in Vancouver Washington and I feel so proud! Well, I just hopped on a plane and flew here in 2005. But I never forgot what my great grandmother told me, America saved my country too. Whatever happens, respect and stand for the flag of the United States of America. For Americans its hard to understand, for us measly 3rd world countr folks, we understand what the flag stands for, and I know i will die for this country...one day
I lived and worked in Southern California near the ocean and saw many Vietnamese landing boats on the beaches and felt so sad for these wonderful people. I worked for a State college and one day my manager gave me 25 students to follow me around and one was Russian and the other 24 were Vietnamese Engineering students. I loved them all and I know they are successful because they were all hard workers and so glad to get the opportunity as they were teaching me!!
I was on the USS Wabash AOR-5 and we picked up Vietnamese boat people. Put them up in the Anchor Windlass space. Sailors donated clothing they had so the people would have something clean, but everything was a bit big. We couldn't leave their boat floating, and we dropped the anchor through it to sink it. Had to move them out of the space while we did that. We also found wreckage of another boat that more than one pirate boat had raided. There was nothing left to take for the second pirate boat, so they shot the boat up. Only one person was left alive clinging to wreckage.
Well, this is something I didn't think to see on youtube. Not because it happened or other stories much like it. But I was there, aboard the Ingersoll during that westpac deployment. Man this brings back a flood of memories. I was with the team in the small motor whale boat sent out to investigate. What I saw on that boat I'll not forget. Including children & a little girl that the medic & I realized needed medical attention. 40 years ago, wow. Fair winds & following seas boys. EN2 80-84 USS Ingersoll DD990.
When he saw the red/white/blue flag he was 100% sure that his family was safe. Only red/white/blue can give that assurance to any ordinary person in this world (ordinary person, not terrorists, lol). God bless America!
The true spirit of being American. It's ironic that people are fleeing from socialist and communist countries to be in America and the young population is leaning towards these ideologies.
I am a Navy veteran that served in Vietnam 67 - 68. I'm proud of the Vietnamese people that I encountered. Our ship, USS Maderia County, was at Vung Tau offloading, and our props were turning to act against the current, and a Vietnamese boat approached to close to our prop wash. The boat was tossed and and a couple of our de k hands jumped into the water to assist. This is what American service members do.
The vietnamese children and adults on that boat would have DIED bro if that ship didn't take them... like this woman right here would NOT be alive right now. That's wild.
It is so sad that the ones who suffer the most in any war are the the innocent workers at the bottom end of the ladder. They have no voice in what happened, but are sentenced to suffer for the actions of those above them. It makes me happier knowing that at least some of them were able to get out of that situation.
I remember hearing about the 'boat people' trying to escape from Vietnam and Lao. These people were so desperate to escape from a dictatorship that die trying was better than living in slavery. People who find fault with the US should talk with these people. They had a choice they could live in the south pacific area, or they could come to the US. If the US was / is so terrible why then did so many of them choose to come to the US. They did not know the language, culture, traditions but they also understood they had a chance in the US that would not be available to them elsewhere.
I dont know who own the ships who jst passes by them not helping them,, I dont know who you are or what country your from,,, But you should be ashame of yourself,,, I'm sure you'll live it with all that Regrets...thank God for USA...God bless America.
I don't know how anyone can fail to recognize that this is the source of America's greatest strength: that we take in those seeking refuge, those seeking a better life, and become a greater nation thereby.
Vietnamese people are the hardest working and most decent people that you will ever meet. They are fiercely patriotic as well and all still fly the flag of South Vietnam.
I wonder how many others tried escaping by boat and were also passed by other country's ships or never seen at all and succumbed to the ocean never to be seen again.
According to UNHCR estimation, there were about 300,000 Vietnamese boat people didn't make it or rescued on the sea. I was a boat people myself. I escaped in April 27, 1987 and there were about 10 ships passed by ignoring us. We set fire on our boat, waves white cloth, shouting...
@@thumtlnguyen3626 Do you remember the name of the ship that rescued you? Your story, particularly the part about setting the boat on fire sounds very similar to my father's experience rescuing boat people on the USS Elliot (DD-967).
@@davidford3115 Our boat was rescued by an American oil rig security boat. When they approached us throwing a line and asked us how many people we were. I asked them what nationality they are and they replied USA. I immediately turned around and told my fellow country people: We're safe and we're saved. Don't worry about anything.
@@thumtlnguyen3626 Ah, different vessel then. Thank you for sharing your story. I was hoping to connect my father to some of the people his ship rescued.
i love how those navy ship hats that were brought as modest gifts for the rescued Viet families , are surely to be on display in those family homes as sacred and will be passed down as treasured family heirlooms
Minh, they lived somewhere close to Soc Trang (in Dai Nai or Gai Nai?) and it was next to the water. I met Kay there in 2018 when he was in Vietnam for vacation. I was on that ship when we rescued them. My name is Pete Madlem.
Every single American civilian should be forced marched into [ Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia ] to see all the damage their tax dollars did to these innocent people.
We are among 77 people that was rescued in the month of April 1981 in South China Sea by USS LSD 28 and we were taken picture with Captain on his Bridge, We are wondering that anyone have any information on it, we would like to obtain picture of our memories. Thanks
listen to the man at 2:20, "I saw American Flag, I knew that we are safe 100%". The is spirit and pride the Americans should get. Keep building this country ...
I believe its already built itself. Whats more important is, we carry on the legacy!
Even now, there are lots of people who would love to have an the opportunity, living in the US.!
...alongside good human beings like you.
Yes, thank God for the Americans serving the nation, they got the spirit of love n compassion for human beings no matter what, God bless AMERICA.
You're absolutely right,but unfortunately a lot of people in this country don't feel that way and they don't know how lucky they are to be here.And remember what that young woman said: other ships from other countries saw them and just kept going.A ship from the United States Navy stopped and our men saved them.That says it all.
As a Vietnamese American I am eternally grateful and blessed to be in this great country. One of the greatest events of my life was becoming an American citizen. The veterans who served in the war gave me a life.
🙏🙏🙏
Same here. Proud American with Vietnamese background. I will fight for this country til the day I die.
Tom Wagstaff Thank you for expressing this sentiment. I’m too forever grateful to America for given my family “heaven on earth” as she described it in the video. Thank you!
You're not a Vietnamese American. Like sheepdawg, you're an "American" of Vietnamese decent.
Gracias mil means TY a 1000 times in Spanish.
America... the closest to heaven on earth... As an immigrant myself, I agree with what she said. So please my American friends, brothers, and sisters, please do not take America for granted. Please understand how blessed you are for being an American. Yes, America is not perfect but she is really the best in the world.
I say this so often. People die everyday attempting to get here..then you have those kids who grew up in luxury and privilege talking about how its 'Amerikkka' and how horrible it is. They are going to turn one of the last sanctuaries on earth into another communist regime if we arent careful.. I wish we had more people like you and less who were born here yet hate it, you may be a immigrant but youre a real american because you love and respect what it stands for.
@@concentratecorner1744 Don't worry friend.....................The infants cannot change what they need to make the changes they seek. They are self destructive. They only worry would come from the leftists on the hill and the conservatives that wear a false face.
Yes, the US is the best place to be. I am also an immigrant from VN.
I feel your comment very deep in my heart. I’m also a grateful immigrant myself. I really appreciate my life here. My new home. This country offered me a lot of wonderful things to which I’m forever grateful 🇺🇸
Beg to differ there. I've been to the States a few times but Australia is better. Very, very similar in many ways, but also very different, and we actually have more freedoms here.
This brought me to tears because that was how my mother, 2 older siblings and I were rescued 38 yrs ago. I was 4yrs old, the youngest of my siblings. An American Navy ship rescued us. I don't remember the ordeal but I am greatful every single day that I live in America.
And Americans are grateful you had the opportunity to come here. God Bless and God Bless America!
@JM G U want the orange buffoon 2 come back n destroy this country 4 good ?
@JM G You right winged devils are destroying America as we speak
amen
Yeah a U.S. NAVAL Ship would NEVER just pass them by.
As a proud U.S. NAVY veteran I salute the men who served aboard the good ship USS Ingersoll that day. ✌🇺🇸
Nice work, swabbies !!!! I'm an Air Force Vietnam vet. Salutes !!!!
I was born and raised in the greatest nation on earth and my dad never let me forget it. I am very proud American.
Please, never vote for demoncrats or your freedoms are over. Hope you can see that
@@jonburrows2684 sorry but it's the Republicans that are currently bringing the country to Fascism.
I was one of the boat people too.What a happy ending. Thank you America and all American sailors!
I am proud to be a Vietnamese-American!
This makes me smile so much. I am a Army vet and served under the last of the Vietnam veterans in 1993. I spoke to quite a few guys who would almost cry when they told me stories of leaving Vietnam and knowing they could not help anymore. I used to idolize the Vietnam war as a kid and wished I was there. I was stupid then and did not realize all of the hardships and families torn apart. My wife is a 1st Gen Lao American. Her family came to the USA in the 70s. They never talk about what happened. I am around Viet and Lao people constantly. They are the most generous people I have ever met. 😍 I live by Portland Oregon.
It's hard to know what we were fighting for now so many years later. This is a country of sweet, gentle people
Hello Mike, I am one of the boat people who came to the US in mid-1985 and have lived in SE Portland, OR until now. We were rescued by the US Navy as well. Cheers.
Cant stop crying. Beautiful family. Beautiful American fighting men. This reminds us of our responsibility as a free nation with so much power to do good. God bless America.
I love it. "We bleed red, white, and blue." What an amazing story!
the same thing happen to my hmong people even through i was born here in the US it still brings tear to my eyes when i see my hmong people still suffering from the war my dad was 12 and my mom was 11 when both sides of my family members got to Thailand and then they Emigrated to the US in 1985
Thank you America for giving us opportunities to make our dreams come true. God bless the USA 🇺🇲
These men and families make me proud to be an American and proud to be NAVY!
@braddawson4496 thank you Brad for your service.
@@timcao.c. Thank you. It was a privilege to serve this nation.
This is what AMERICA all about. Thank you
Yes I agree.
This is what being a human is all about
How it should be but it's not
Not all the time sadly
america at its, best
Stories like this make me proud of my country and Dale is a true example of what an American should be and exemplify. This meeting was truly beautiful just seeing the smiles on all of their faces was the best possible thing to witness.
Lived and worked in America at the early stage of my career and have great memories of the warmth and kindness of the people there and in particular living on my own and being invited by
a work colleague who was a American Vietnam Veteran and a adoptee to his step parents home for dinner on Xmas Day in 1975 in LA and not only having a magnificent Xmas dinner but a gift under the tree aswell !!
I brought a bottle of Irish whiskey and made them Irish coffees which they greatly appreciated.
We are close to election time in America and it’s for the American people to decide and I wish them nothing but the very best as the world needs a strong America. It’s a great country and I have much fondness for all Americans.
That's why the Vietnamese are the most patriotic of Americans.
Indeed I am
You have made me Proud to be an American... and I needed that!!!!!!✌✌✌💙💛🧡💚
On this planet, only Americans have the open arm. I am too boat people in 1982. Thank you so very much for your help and take us in unconditionally.
The beauty of being helpful.
My Vietnamese friends are down to earth people . Their grandparents have some insane stories.
A lovely story. America has a lot to be proud of, they just need to remember that.
I lost it when the woman cried saying “thank you” to the American sailor...
The screen started getting blurry...
God bless America 🇺🇸 land that I love ❤️ stand beside her and guide her through the night with the light from above
My God - all those other ships just passed them by without even acknowledging that they had seen them, or calling their superiors to send out another ship specifically to rescue those 40 people. It's amazing how heartless some human beings can be towards other human beings. Half-starved, dehydrated, probably not destined to stay alive much longer, a Navy ship sees them and actually takes the time to turn their ship around and go back and pick them up. It looks like there are numerous successful people in that family now, and I suspect that all those children worked so hard in school to become successful so that would be the way in which they could thank the sailors on that ship. They didn't take their rescue for granted - they saw it for the tremendous miracle it was and they vowed to live the best lives possible in gratitude for the second chance at life that they had been given. Those of us who have grown up without ever hearing a gun being fired, or having to watch our fathers taken to jail time and time again, being able to sleep at night because there is nothing to fear - we have no idea what real life is like until we see a video like this one. This is not a movie that was conjured up in some producer's head - this was real life for an entire nation of people. They deserve SO much more.
Love love stories like this. AMERICA is still the one place for all. No matter what anyone says, Americans is still the land of love.
So heartwarming. This is the real America!
Thank you for helping these people out! God bless America 🇺🇸 🙏 ❤️
Thank you ❤
Man, what a story. Can’t help but cry imagining parents making that hard choice to flee, despite the danger at sea. It’s really moving to hear their memories of the event.
It's so emotional to watch this video. My tear just came out. He is a HERO man for those Vietnamese people . Thank you for sharing this video for us.
CAM ON for Help this NGUYEN Family ! CAM ON to this Family for being Great Vietnamese Americans!
My father served about the USS Ingersoll's sister ship, the USS Elliot (DD-967) and had a similar story. In that situation, the people on the boat intentionally set it on fire so as to prompt an S.O.S. rescue. After being rescued, they were given a hot meal from the galley, and were allowed to use the showers. While they bathed, the crew washed their clothes. As usually happens, money always falls out in the wash. After the meal, the boat people were asked whose wanted to claim the money found in the wash. Not a single person came forward; they knew if they claimed it, they would be sent back. Years later, my father was commissioning a Vietnamese-American into the Navy. Turns out the newly minted Ensign's wife was one of the people my father's ship rescued.
Respect. And... Lovely just Lovley.
This is how the attitude should be unlike today's climate with all the cry babies who live in a great place but complain non stop about non-issues. Very awesome video and reunion.
"We bleed red white and blue"... true americans, along with the man that spotted them
If you didn't tear up then you have no feelings. 💕
Born and raised in another country yet more American then a lot of people I know
These people appreciate the US, because they know how good it is. It is a blessing.
One of our proudest moments as Americans.❤️
That's way Our God always bless AMERICA👍👍👍👍
Makes one wonder, who are the 8 haters who gave this heartwarming video a thumbs down?
Racists of course
Viet commies I would say.
They're a bunch of losers.Don't even pay attention to filth like them.We're not perfect but America is the greatest place on earth.
Beautiful Please God bless America
God Bless America.
Wonderful story,God bless them all.
This a great story......know Pete personally....squared away person! Thank you for doing your job!
This makes me smile and tear up a bit.
Being australian i am proud to be apart of a multicultural civilisation, it means we get to experience so many things from so many cultures.
Its a beautiful thing 😁😁
Thankyou Dell and everyone who's challenged their superiors to fight for humanity. I salute the men who served aboard the good ship USS Ingersoll that day. May God bless you All
fucking love this country. dont care what anyone else says about it.
Beautiful story that ended so well . Love from Ireland 🇮🇪 ❤
Haha, im in Vancouver Washington and I feel so proud! Well, I just hopped on a plane and flew here in 2005. But I never forgot what my great grandmother told me, America saved my country too. Whatever happens, respect and stand for the flag of the United States of America. For Americans its hard to understand, for us measly 3rd world countr folks, we understand what the flag stands for, and I know i will die for this country...one day
No one is a 'measly 3rd world country folk'. You love America, you are American
This brought a tear to my eye so heart warming
These are the kind of people our borders are open to.
Too bad they want a small fortune for most to even apply for our future wife..It's a money grab now...that's the truth
I AM CRYING AND TEARS ARE COMING OUT.. THANKS DALE ..GOD BLESS AMERICA USA. TRI PHAM SAN JOSE CA
I been watching clips of rescues from the South. Me and my family fled from Danang in 81. Was hoping to look more from that region.
Red white n Blue ,, it's the symbol of Hope ...
God bless the US NAVY 🙏 🙌
I lived and worked in Southern California near the ocean and saw many Vietnamese landing boats on the beaches and felt so sad for these wonderful people. I worked for a State college and one day my manager gave me 25 students to follow me around and one was Russian and the other 24 were Vietnamese Engineering students. I loved them all and I know they are successful because they were all hard workers and so glad to get the opportunity as they were teaching me!!
I’m glad the captain listened to you 🥳
I was on the USS Wabash AOR-5 and we picked up Vietnamese boat people. Put them up in the Anchor Windlass space. Sailors donated clothing they had so the people would have something clean, but everything was a bit big. We couldn't leave their boat floating, and we dropped the anchor through it to sink it. Had to move them out of the space while we did that. We also found wreckage of another boat that more than one pirate boat had raided. There was nothing left to take for the second pirate boat, so they shot the boat up. Only one person was left alive clinging to wreckage.
Thank you for the help! I was not among the people you had helped. But if you have not seen them, I’m sure they have been trying to locate you guys.
Thanks and thanks to good hearted people.
what a moving story! It's nice to see how much people really appreciate America instead of trashing it.
My dad also went on a boat with around 40 people and a ship rescued them
Well, this is something I didn't think to see on youtube. Not because it happened or other stories much like it. But I was there, aboard the Ingersoll during that westpac deployment. Man this brings back a flood of memories. I was with the team in the small motor whale boat sent out to investigate. What I saw on that boat I'll not forget. Including children & a little girl that the medic & I realized needed medical attention. 40 years ago, wow. Fair winds & following seas boys.
EN2 80-84 USS Ingersoll DD990.
Thank you, sir!
When he saw the red/white/blue flag he was 100% sure that his family was safe. Only red/white/blue can give that assurance to any ordinary person in this world (ordinary person, not terrorists, lol). God bless America!
The true spirit of being American. It's ironic that people are fleeing from socialist and communist countries to be in America and the young population is leaning towards these ideologies.
It’s ironic how these immigrants are more patriotic than the ones born and raised in America.
So so true.
“ I knew we were safe!! 100% I knew we were safe.” Ughhh my eyes are leaking now. 😭
This is My America 🇺🇸 Oorah !
America, the beautiful.
Beautiful ending to a sad story.
I am a Navy veteran that served in Vietnam 67 - 68. I'm proud of the Vietnamese people that I encountered. Our ship, USS Maderia County, was at Vung Tau offloading, and our props were turning to act against the current, and a Vietnamese boat approached to close to our prop wash. The boat was tossed and and a couple of our de k hands jumped into the water to assist.
This is what American service members do.
This made me tear up❤❤❤
The support the US tried to give to Southern Vietnam is the reason that we have such a large Vietnamese population in the Navy.
Beautiful!
I so glad they stopped and helped you😊 then you were able to meet again years later
❤❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
This... this is America.
This is the America I want to believe in.
The vietnamese children and adults on that boat would have DIED bro if that ship didn't take them... like this woman right here would NOT be alive right now. That's wild.
If only the Americans in our country could see the good in our flag.
It is so sad that the ones who suffer the most in any war are the the innocent workers at the bottom end of the ladder. They have no voice in what happened, but are sentenced to suffer for the actions of those above them. It makes me happier knowing that at least some of them were able to get out of that situation.
What a wonderful story.
dang Ninjas cutting up onions
Praise God want to touching story I'm glad they all finally got to meet again amen
I remember hearing about the 'boat people' trying to escape from Vietnam and Lao. These people were so desperate to escape from a dictatorship that die trying was better than living in slavery.
People who find fault with the US should talk with these people. They had a choice they could live in the south pacific area, or they could come to the US. If the US was / is so terrible why then did so many of them choose to come to the US. They did not know the language, culture, traditions but they also understood they had a chance in the US that would not be available to them elsewhere.
We welcome you!
I dont know who own the ships who jst passes by them not helping them,, I dont know who you are or what country your from,,, But you should be ashame of yourself,,, I'm sure you'll live it with all that Regrets...thank God for USA...God bless America.
What a wonderful story!
I don't know how anyone can fail to recognize that this is the source of America's greatest strength: that we take in those seeking refuge, those seeking a better life, and become a greater nation thereby.
Vietnamese people are the hardest working and most decent people that you will ever meet. They are fiercely patriotic as well and all still fly the flag of South Vietnam.
I wonder how many others tried escaping by boat and were also passed by other country's ships or never seen at all and succumbed to the ocean never to be seen again.
Very large percentage couldn't make it!
According to UNHCR estimation, there were about 300,000 Vietnamese boat people didn't make it or rescued on the sea. I was a boat people myself. I escaped in April 27, 1987 and there were about 10 ships passed by ignoring us. We set fire on our boat, waves white cloth, shouting...
@@thumtlnguyen3626 Do you remember the name of the ship that rescued you? Your story, particularly the part about setting the boat on fire sounds very similar to my father's experience rescuing boat people on the USS Elliot (DD-967).
@@davidford3115 Our boat was rescued by an American oil rig security boat. When they approached us throwing a line and asked us how many people we were. I asked them what nationality they are and they replied USA. I immediately turned around and told my fellow country people: We're safe and we're saved. Don't worry about anything.
@@thumtlnguyen3626 Ah, different vessel then. Thank you for sharing your story. I was hoping to connect my father to some of the people his ship rescued.
Beautiful story
YES! GOD BLESS . :-).
We prayed a lot. God answered with the USS Ingersoll.
I was the boat people as well, stayed in a Hong Kong refugees camp and came to the US in 1979
i love how those navy ship hats that were brought as modest gifts for the rescued Viet families , are surely to be on display in those family homes as sacred and will be passed down as treasured family heirlooms
God bless ALL involved🙏🏼🇺🇸🙏🏼
What city did they escaped from? I was the same age when me and my family escaped and my dad too was jailed trying to escape.
Minh, they lived somewhere close to Soc Trang (in Dai Nai or Gai Nai?) and it was next to the water. I met Kay there in 2018 when he was in Vietnam for vacation. I was on that ship when we rescued them. My name is Pete Madlem.
In those photos there are heroes abounding everywhere. I hope they kept in contact.
tears for such a wonderful story! USA USA
Every single American civilian should be forced marched into [ Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia ] to see all the damage their tax dollars did to these innocent people.
what a great story!
We are among 77 people that was rescued in the month of April 1981 in South China Sea by USS LSD 28 and we were taken picture with Captain on his Bridge, We are wondering that anyone have any information on it, we would like to obtain picture of our memories. Thanks