
Amerasians - Children of the Dust
Trista Goldberg looks at the story of Vietnamese Amerasians - children fathered by American servicemen during the Vietnam War.
The unique story of Vietnamese Amerasians is shaped by hardship, rejection and courage. Born of relationships between Vietnamese women and American servicemen during the Vietnam War, many were simply abandoned and left to fend for themselves when the conflict ended by mothers fearful of retaliation from a victorious Communist government. A great number were lost to illness and malnutrition in those challenging post-war years and those who survived were widely ostracized by a society still coming to terms with the war.
Trista Goldberg was one of a minority who managed to escape the country as a baby and was raised by an adopted family in the U.S. In both America and Vietnam she discovers how Amerasians have survived in the forty years since the end of the war.
(Photo Credit:Trista Goldberg)
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