Unlikely Odyssey Brings Vietnamese "boat Person" Back Home As Commander Of US Navy Ship (AP) DANANG, Vietnam (AP) - On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler... [read full story]
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DANANG, Vietnam -- On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, 5-year-old Hung Ba Le fled his homeland in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming -- as the commander of...
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — As South Vietnam crumbled under advancing North Vietnamese forces 34 years ago, 5-year-old Hung Ba Le and his family escaped and eventually found refuge on a U.S. Navy ship. This week, he returns to...
DANANG, Vietnam -- More than 30 years after he was picked up by a U.S. warship as he fled Vietnam, Le Ba Hung has returned to his homeland as commander of a destroyer in a sign of warming ties between...
DANANG, Vietnam -- More than 30 years after he was picked up by a U.S. warship as he fled Vietnam, Le Ba Hung has returned to his homeland as commander of a destroyer in a sign of warming ties between the former foes. On April...
On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le was taken from his homeland at age 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming as the commander of a U.S. Navy...
DANANG, Vietnam - On the day his family's side lost the Vietnam War, 5-year-old Hung Ba Le fled his homeland in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming - as the...
Chitose Suzuki/AP Photo U.S. Navy Cmdr. Hung Ba Le, center, salutes two Vietnamese officers during a welcome ceremony for his ship, the USS Lassen, and another ship, the USS Blue Ridge, on Saturday at the Tien Sa Port in...
Beach, where U.S. troops frequently headed for R&R during the war, which ended on April 30, 1975, when Seattle Times", "http://article.wn.com/view/2009/11/07/Unique_homecoming_to_Vietnam_for_US_comman...
Posted Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009 By BEN STOCKING The Associated Press DANANG, Vietnam — On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees....
DANANG (VIETNAM): On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely ...
