Description

After the American withdrawal from Indochina in April 1975, Vietnam invaded Kampuchea in 1978 and removed Pol Pot from government. It was soon found that the Vietnamese veterans of the war against Pol Pot resulted in the Vietnamese veterans of that war having symptoms similar to those of Allied soldiers who were diagnosed as having PTSD! As the new Communist Government took over in Vietnam, some people ran afoul of the new government and they then felt that thay had to flee in order to be safe. Many of them became Vietnamese 'Boat People' who settled in Australia and became a vibrant part of Australian society. This is their story!