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Oral History Interview with David T. Vo, March 5, 2023

Description: Interview with David Vo, a resident of Calera, Oklahoma. Vo discusses his upbringing in Vietnam, his father's work as an officer in the South Vietnamese military, the Vietnam War, escaping on a boat and coming to the United States, getting his degree in automotive industrial technology at Cal State University, starting a family, and his perspective regarding his homeland.
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Date: March 5, 2023
Creator: Marshell, Nathaniel & Vo, David T.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Noel Lisboa, February 14, 2023

Description: Interview with Noel Lisboa, a Filipino personal trainer from Plano, Texas. Lisboa discusses growing up in the Philippines, Catholic education there, Filipino cuisine, family traditions and holidays, experiences with a political uprising, immigrating to the United States, food, life, and holidays in the United States compared to the Philippines, gang activity in the U.S., the fitness industry, and his community.
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Date: February 14, 2023
Creator: OShea, May & Lisboa, Noel
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Benjamin B. Luong, March 15, 2021

Description: Interview with Benjamin Bình-Thiên Phạm Lương, a chef from Dallas, Texas who studied at the Culinary Institute of America. Benjamin discusses the background of his Vietnamese parents, the Vietnam War, politics, his father's education in the United States, and his own personal journey to becoming a chef.
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Date: March 15, 2021
Creator: Bridges-Jacobsen, Lauren & Luong, Benjamin Bình-Thiên Phạm
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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