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Vietnamese Refugees in Iowa:

Ray's Humanitarian and Controversial Relocation

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Refugee Relocation
Vietnamese Flee Country Tai Dam The Second Wave Sponsors Diplomacy and Debate
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Billie Ray Ambassador Kenneth Quinn Deacon Joseph TrughnThanh Quach Quihn Quach Judy and Dwight Frideres
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1955-Vietnam War starts (Pike)

1965-U.S. joins Vietnam War (Gonyea)

1973-U.S. withdraws from war (Hirsh)

1975-Vietnamese flee country (Do and Tran)

1975-Tai Dam come to Iowa (Shaw)

1978-Second wave of refugees flee Vietnam (Elston)

1980-Governor Ray advocates for refugee law change (Boshart)