{"id":57306,"date":"2019-01-19T03:24:32","date_gmt":"2019-01-19T03:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=57306"},"modified":"2019-01-19T03:31:43","modified_gmt":"2019-01-19T03:31:43","slug":"cookeville-vietnam-veteran-meets-vietnamese-american-son-after-50-years-hosts-family-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=57306","title":{"rendered":"Cookeville Vietnam veteran meets Vietnamese-American son after 50 years, hosts family reunion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cookeville Vietnam veteran meets Vietnamese-American son after 50 years, hosts family reunion<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The Nashville Tennessean<\/a>
\n2019-01-14<\/p>\n

Yihyun Jeong<\/strong><\/a>, Veterans and Military Affairs Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nHugh Nguyen as a boy in Vietnam<\/a>, teased for being “Amerasian<\/a>,” a child born during wartime from an Asian mother and an American solider. (Photo: Family handout)<\/em><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

His life was hell because he looked different than the other boys that played in the streets of Saigon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

His light skin, light hair and light eyes.The father he never knew.<\/p>\n

These were all reasons that made Hugh Nguyen the target of bullies who mocked him for being an \u201cAmerasian<\/a>,\u201d \u2014 though they used more deragatory terms \u2014 a child conceived in wartime by a Vietnamese mother and an American military father fighting abroad.<\/p>\n

Not fully belonging to America<\/a> or Vietnam<\/a>, these kids were commonly dismissed as \u201cchildren of the dust,\u201d leftovers of an unpopular war<\/a>. They were left discarded by both governments and left to be taunted by schoolmates who teased them for their features that resembled the face of the enemy.<\/p>\n

Most never knew their fathers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nRoy Patterson, as an 18-year-old American soldier stationed at the base in Nha Trang<\/a> during the Vietnam War<\/a>. (Photo: Family handout)<\/em><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u201cThey disliked us tremendously,\u201d Nguyen said in an interview with USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee<\/em>. \u201cWe were treated like garbage. We were talked down to and looked down on.\u201d…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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