Back row from left: Choi Ok-suk, General Lee`s youngest and eldest daughters, his sister and wife, Duyen Nguyen, Helene and Gen. Lee Dong-yeong. Front row: General Lee`s youngest son, Phu Nguyen, Bao Nguyen, William Nguyen, Gen. Lee`s son Min-hui / Courte By Matt VanVolkenburg On April 26, 1975, as the North Vietnamese Army closed in on Saigon, William Nguyen received a letter that changed his life. The letter, from his sister in Australia, contained a photo of her Korean husband together with Cho, a high-ranking official at the Korean Embassy in Saigon. She urged William to find Cho and seek his help in gaining passage aboard one of two tank landing ships (LSTs) that the ROK Navy had sent...
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