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Khmer Oral History Project: Interview with Khon Kong
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| Description | BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Khon Kong was a lieutenant in the army in Cambodia at the beginning of the Pol Pot regime in 1975. He had to leave behind his wife and five children who are believed to have been killed. He was sent to work camps in Battambang Province to work in rice fields and to take care of orphaned children. Kong had to lie about his prior service in the army to avoid being killed by the Khmer Rouge. After the fall of the Khmer Rouge, he was in the Khao I Dang refugee camp in Thailand and came to America in 1981. He came to Minnesota after living with a sponsor in Missouri and Texas to find a better job. He held factory jobs, then went to school and became a social worker. |
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| Quantity | 1 hour videocassette 29 pages transcript |
| Format | Content Category: moving images Content Category: sound recordings Content Category: text |
| Measurements | 01:05:37 running time |
| Creation | Narrator: Kong, Khon Interviewer: Bristol-Kagan, Leigh Made in Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States |
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Khmer (Cambodian) Made in Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States |
| Dates | Creation: 08/14/1992 |
| Holding Type | Oral History - Interview |
| ID Number | OH 91 |
| Accession Number | AV1993.120.5 |
| More Info | MHS Library Catalog |
| Related Collections | Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Khmer Oral History Project' |