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June 5, 2015
Army Values
Fort Irwin celebrates Asian American
and Pacific Island Heritage Month
Story and photos by Leslie Ozawa
Public Affairs Office
More than 400 Fort Irwin community members Event moderator Sgt. Monik Phan, dressed in Samoan dancers showed a glimpse of the diverse Pacific Islander cultures
got to experience America’s diverse ethnic cultures traditional Vietnamese ao dai dress, introduces during the celebration of Asian American and Pacific Island Heritage Month.
from across the Pacific on May 13 with various per- keynote speaker, Lt. Col. Thomas Nguyen, who
formances and demonstrations focused on the theme spoke about his experiences as a teenager after
“Many Cultures, One Voice: Promote Equality and the fall of the South Vietnamese government
Inclusion.” in 1975 and his escape as a teenager three
years later. Phan serves with B Company, 229th
The late morning program began with a speech by Aviation Regiment and Nguyen with National
Lt. Col. Thomas Nguyen who spoke of his personal Training Center headquarters.
journey as a teenager seeking freedom. He was one of
800,000 Vietnamese “boat people” who successfully
escaped communist tyranny after the fall of the South
Vietnamese government in April 1975. Nguyen serves
in the National Training Center headquarters.
Fort Irwin Soldiers, civilian employees and fam-
ily members also enjoyed poster displays, a cooking
demonstration of traditional Filipino foods, a fashion
walk of Asian and Pacific Islander traditional cloth-
ing, several Samoan dances, and tasting of Asian and
Pacific foods.
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