Oral History of Tuan Duc Tran

My narrator is Mr. Tuan Duc Tran. He was born on July 20th, 1965 in Da Lat, Vietnam. He moved to America in 1993, first stopping by Thailand and the Philippines. Mr. Tran is one out of seven siblings. In Vietnam, he earned his degree in mechanical engineering. His father was a colonel in southern Vietnam and was imprisoned from 1975 until 1980 and was eventually freed and subsequently defected to the U.S. Mr. Tran’s father sponsored the entire family to come to California, first settling in Fremont located in the Bay Area, where he obtained an AA from Ohlone community college. His mother passed away just four years after moving to the US. Mr. Tran is married and has one son. In our interview, we discuss his life in Vietnam, adjusting to American culture, the difference between Vietnamese and American academics, and how he ended up moving to Fountain Valley, where he now lives and works in production management in the health field.Recorded digitall