They are all my family: a daring rescue in the chaos of Saigon's fall
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"In the chaotic final days of the Vietnam War in April 1975, as Americans fled and their Vietnamese allies and employees prepared for the worst, John Riordan, the assistant manager of Citibank's Saigon branch, succeeded in rescuing 105 Vietnamese. They were his 33 Vietnamese staff members and their families. Unable to secure exit papers for the employees, Citibank ordered Riordan to leave the country alone. Safe in Hong Kong, Riordan could not imagine leaving behind his employees and defied instructions from his superiors not to return to Saigon. But once he did make it back on the last commercial flight, his actions were daring and ingenious. Decades later, Riordan has located the Vietnamese and reconnected with them, sharing accounts of those frantic days and the derring-do it took to get them out to safety"--
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Autobiography
History
Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) -- History
Humanitarian assistance, American
Humanitarian assistance, American -- Vietnam -- Ho Chi Minh City -- History
Refugees
Refugees -- Vietnam -- Ho Chi Minh City -- History
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Vietnam -- Ho Chi Minh City
History
Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) -- History
Humanitarian assistance, American
Humanitarian assistance, American -- Vietnam -- Ho Chi Minh City -- History
Refugees
Refugees -- Vietnam -- Ho Chi Minh City -- History
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Vietnam -- Ho Chi Minh City
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9781610395038
9781494591830
9781494591830
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Refugees -- Vietnam -- Ho Chi Minh City -- History
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History
Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) -- History
Humanitarian assistance, American
Humanitarian assistance, American -- Vietnam -- Ho Chi Minh City -- History
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Refugees -- Vietnam -- Ho Chi Minh City -- History
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Vietnam -- Ho Chi Minh City
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They are all my family : a daring rescue in the chaos of Saigon's fall
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They Are All My Family : a daring rescue in the chaos of Saigon's fall [electronic resource] / John P. Riordan
They are all my family : a daring rescue in the chaos of Saigon's fall / John P. Riordan with Monique Brinson Demery
They are all my family : a daring rescue in the chaos of Saigon's fall / John P. Riordan with Monique Brinson Demery
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They are all my family
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a daring rescue in the chaos of Saigon's fall
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History
Humanitarian assistance, American
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975
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Humanitarian assistance, American
Refugees
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
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