Vietnam war orphans Minh Son and Kim Phuong swinging in hammock at home of their adoptive parents in Northridge, Calif., 1965

Title: Vietnam war orphans Minh Son and Kim Phuong swinging in hammock at home of their adoptive parents in Northridge, Calif., 1965
Photographer: Cormier, Don
Date Created: July 23, 1965
Date: 1965-07-23
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Caption: AT HOME IN A NEW LAND-Minh Son, 11, and sister, Kim Phuong, 9, "veterans" of the Vietnam war, exult in the joys of a peaceful new land as they try the hammock at home of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip H. Rockstroh, 8422 Zelzah Ave., Northridge, who soon will adopt them. Minh Son lost his left hand-apparently hacked off by the Viet Cong-during an ambush that killed his father. He also was burned on the left side of his face. Kim Phuong is physically unmarked but is believed to have witnessed the attack. Children were found in orphanage by Rockstroh's son, Dennis, 23.

Genre: news photographs
Location: Northridge (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Youth
Vietnamese--California--Los Angeles County
War
Intercountry adoption--California, Southern
Older child adoption--California, Southern
War victims--Vietnam
Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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