From refugee to serving our country: Meet Commander Nguyen
May marks Asian Pacific American heritage month.
We take you to the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln to meet Commander William Nguyen.
More than a decade after the fall of Saigon, he fled Vietnam and came to the U.S. as a child refugee. Now, he’s a U.S. Navy doctor on an aircraft carrier and shares his journey of being an immigrant.
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Christine Devine shares her special family tie with Nguyen.
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