{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 3 \u2014 Operation New Life","description":"In this episode, Dr. Evyn L\u00ea Espiritu Gandhi discusses Guam\u2019s role as the primary way station for South Vietnamese refugees in the chaotic months immediately following the end of the Vietnam War. April 2021 marks the 46th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon \u2014 and the beginning of the massive evacuation and resettlement effort known as Operation New Life. Dr. Gandhi is an assistant professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (Tovaangar). Her book, Archipelago of Resettlement: Vietnamese Refugee Settlers in Guam and Israel-Palestine, is forthcoming with UC Press in spring 2022. Evyn's grandmother and mother were Vietnamese refugees who were processed on Guam during Operation New Life. Subscribe \/ follow us on social media, and from wherever you stream podcasts. Visit our website (MemoirsPasifika.com) to explore archival materials related to each episode. Interviewees:  Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo H\u1ed3 Ng\u1ecdc Hoa Joaquin &quot;Kin&quot; Perez Gordon Ritter Vicky Ritter Bianca Nguyen  Music:  Memoirs Pasifika intro\/outro song - Ryan Shook One - www.anthonykozar.net Septieme - www.anthonykozar.net Drifting 2 - Audionautix NavajoNight - Audionautix Desaprendere (Treatment) - Fourstones Tremelo1-gtr - Fourstones  Team:  Producer \/ Host - Tony Azios Audio Engineer - Ryan Shook Intern - Annie Fay Camacho  ","author_name":"Memoirs Pasifika","author_url":"https:\/\/www.memoirspasifika.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/18880340\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/00a0d7\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/101847152"}