{"product_id":"9781456803193","title":"LETTERS OF A VIETNAMESE ÉMIGRÉ","description":"I was born on 28 March 1922 in Thanh-Hóa where my grand parents emigrated in 1897, fleeing the catastrophic flood of the Red River.  I was a student at the faculty of sciences of the University of Hanoi when the Japanese putsch of 9 March1945 effectively put an end to my student life with the successive political events after that date.  I went head on in patriotic activities for the independence of my country and decided to rally to the south in 1948. In 1952 I was drafted and sent to the French Air Academy in Salon de Provence to become aeronautic engineer.  I became Commissioner of Supply in the military government of South Vietnam confronting the economic blockade of Saigon in 1965. Retired in 1974 I went into business.  I got out of Saigon on 28 April 1975 before the bombardment of its airfield by communist artillery. I found my family in the refugee camp of Fort Chaffee before being sponsored by Saint Timothy Lutheran Church of Monterey to a humbly new start. I became owner of two 7-Eleven stores which I sold in October 1997 to retire at 75 after 20 years in business.","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47155189711088,"sku":"9781456803193","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781456803193_p0.jpg?v=1763858037","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781456803193","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}