During the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, 140,0000 South Vietnamese people fled the country to escape the North Vietnamese forces. In April 1979, F&W photo editor Doan Nguyen’s family left Vietnam on a fishing boat, resettling in North Carolina in 1980 with no possessions. Here’s how she made her own family heirlooms.
Iconic American Fashion
Given that it’s was just 4th of July – a day on which we generally tend to focus on what’s good about the US –