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Remembering a father's amazing act to rescue his family from Vietnam's collapse

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Miki Nguyen was 6 when his dad, a pilot in the South Vietnamese military, landed a Chinook helicopter in downtown Saigon and told his family to hop on. He then ferried them out to USS Kirk, a US Navy frigate that was operating offshore.

Remembering a father's amazing act to rescue his family from Vietnam's collapse
Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen, left, is the long-time emcee of the "Paris by Night" show. She is also the daughter of Nguyen Cao Ky, the former South Vietnam leader.

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For Vietnamese, 'Paris By Night' is a mix of Vegas, nostalgia and pre-war culture
Chicago police move in to knock down a burning cross in front of a home, after an African-American family moved into a previously all white neighborhood, August 3, 1963. The civil rights movement in America was one of the historic trends transforming the

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