The American Surgeon Who Escaped the Viet Cong

On this episode of Our American Stories, Hoat Hoang's childhood in South Vietnam was filled with family and fun times... Until the North Vietnamese communists began to ambush his village. Once Saigon fell to the communists' troops, Hoat and his family fled. Hoat tells the story of their escape, and his journey to becoming a surgeon in America. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.