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(soft piano music)
- I came to Talega

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about July in 1974.

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I be there for couple of months until I

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rejoined my family back in Arkansas.

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My experience on Camp Talega at that time

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is kind of scary, you
know, a little bit strange

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wondering what going on and
just to go with the flow.

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First time United
States, so many things we

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have to learn so, it's great experience.

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Scary one, but it's a good one (laughs).

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It's a new thing for me plus
I'm young at that time, so

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so many thing able for
me to try to pick it up.

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I got the classroom.

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You can join special English.

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That what we do, we
try to go out and enjoy

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all program they have and
any activity they have

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and try to learn much
as we can at that time.

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I start this in 1999.

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So, now we talk about 20-something years.

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The reason I try to, got to Camp Pendleton

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because Camp Pendleton
is the first place I

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been in the United States and

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actually I would like do something

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for the me, myself, my personal.

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And even I hear on
radio many of Vietnamese

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Organization, they
always mention that they

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be in the camp and get
the Marine Camp and they

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appreciate very much.

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And personally, myself, I
appreciate all the Marine for

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helping me at that time.

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And we try everything we can.

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We try to, anything to do, can do

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for the Marines, you know.

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As much as we can.

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(dramatic music)

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(schwinging sword)