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Fort Chaffee Photographs of Vietnamese and Cambodian Refugees

Owning Institution: UC Irvine, Libraries, Southeast Asian Archive

About this Collection

This collection is comprised of black and white photographs
and negatives taken of Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees living at Fort Chaffee, a
military base in Arkansas. The photographs document the daily life of the refugees,
including the arrival of refugees by plane and bus, a visit from President Gerald
Ford, refugee education and social activities. View collection guide.

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33 items found in this collection

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Baby sleeping in a box
Boy eating a cookie
Boys playing soccer
Cambodian girl
Cambodian girls
Catholic ceremony with five priests
Child looking out a window of a bus
Children sitting in front of blackboard
Couple with child coming off a bus
Dentist holding a young girl
Dentist working on patient
Drivers' education class
Family with children
Family with three children holding suitcases
Funeral ceremony
Funeral procession
Housing for refugees
Man holding up "Happiness is no cavities!" sign to teach refugees about …
New Horizon sign
Officer holding a girl on a ladder leading to a plane
Outdoor refugee monument at a ceremony
Patrol man helping a woman with an infant off a bus
Patrol man on horse holding Arkansas flag
President Gerald Ford standing with children
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