A Lucky ARVN Veteran from Saigon to the US

Tuan Nguyen was born in Vietnam in 1953. He graduated from high school and started studying law in Sigon. However, Tuan was drafted in the ARVN in 1972 at the age of 19. After serving in the army for about one and a half years, Tuan moved up to become a Second Lieutenant in February 1975. Tuan fled Saigon with his mother and other relatives in April 29, 1975 with a US Navy ship. Tuan made several stops before he settled in the US. He stayed at a refugee camp in Guam, where he found a family in a Lutheran Church that sponsored him and his mother. Tuan was assigned to a small town in Illinois at first. He moved around the country for several year until he settle in Souther California. He got married in 1991and had one daughter and one son.Sofia Cuellar studies International Relations at USC. Dan Li majors in Business Administration and is an active member of Undergraduate Student Government. Ben Benet is a GeoDesign major and Environmental Studies minor. Yuping studies Business Administration at USC Marshall