Oral Memoirs of Seila Doeung ; Cambodian immigrants

Interviewed by Deborah J. Pinckard on June 28, 1987 in Fort Worth, Texas ; 1 ; in process; 22 pages ; Deila Deoung and family fled Cambodia during the Civil War in the 1970s; birth in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in 1968; father’s work in Cambodia as dean; recollections of education in Cambodia; fleeing Cambodia to Thailand in a small boat; description of the refugee camp in Thailand; brief stay in Fort Chaffee, Arkansas; sponsorship by a Sagamore Hill Church family; beginning school in Fort Worth at Greenbriar; being bullied for racial differences; comparison of customs and traditions between Cambodia and the U.S.; Cambodian New Year; conflicts with parents; feelings toward Vietnamese; Christian conversion; eagerness to become an American citizen; discussion of going to college in the fall and life goals