[Schaumburger]

I have watched most of the 5 episodes of "The Vietnam War" on PBS. A very well done series. I was just a child when most of these events occurred, but as the series is now up to 1967, I am starting to remember some of the events. There are 5 more episodes yet to air on PBS, and I am looking forward to watching them.

When South Vietnam was defeated in 1975, my hometown in Iowa took in many Vietnamese refugees. Iowa was the first state to offer resettlement assistance to Vietnamese refugees in 1975. By this time I was in high school, and my high school had a number of Vietnamese students enrolled.

Most of the Vietnamese who came to eastern Iowa in 1975 only stayed for a few years because of the harsh winters. I believe a lot of them eventually moved to Texas and California.