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My memoir is of my family and other people escaping from Vietnam. We went to a refugee camp through the jungle. We were walking on foot in sandals.  I saw many kinds of animals and birds, such as hogs and a tiger.  We were nervous and scared but the tiger didn't hear us so we kept on moving. Some of us got thirsty and we tried to find some river or lake but we couldn't find any water to drink.  Then a villager showed up on the road and he led us to his village.   They let us stay there for an hour, and then we kept on moving.

 

The jungle was dark and lonely as we went there to go to the refugee camp. Four soldiers were looking for us. They were riding motorcycles and we had to hide in the jungle for one day. We thought we were going to be captured. Later, that old guy who led the way came and picked us up.   He was old and we paid him to bring us to the camp because he knew where it was.  First, he brought us to a hotel. We slept there for one day.

 

Later we all went to the city. We ate and after that, we rode on motorcycles to the camp. Finally we made it to refugee camp and we waited there, then the refugee camp soldiers opened the gate for us. The gates were made of metal that could shock people if they tried to get in.  The people at the camp gave us something to eat, and a pot, blanket and towel. I saw my grandparents in the refugee camp.  They were happy that we had reached there because they went earlier then we did.  We cooked our own food. They brought us food every Friday, and each family got the same amount of food.  I made friends with someone in the camp and he became a best friend. We had to stay in the camp for one year then after that, they took us to hospital to examine us to see if we had any disease, but we didn’t have any disease. One more month later we were about to go the airport. We were ready to go to America and the van took us to the airport.

 

We traveled to Thailand, Japan, and Los Angeles and then to the North Carolina airport.  I saw a lot of people I knew waiting for us at the airport.  There was my cousin and family and others I didn’t know. Then the Lutheran Family Service brought us to the apartment where we were going to live.  My uncle visited us and brought us food, but I didn’t eat anything because I was dizzy from the plane. In the next morning the Lutheran Family Service brought us to the school.   I was scared and shy, but people were nice to me because I am a new student.  I got used to it and I like it.

 

 

 

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