European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 08, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday. September 8.1989 the stars and stripes Page 7 Jef namese Sisters find Success in . Of Fai pc Springs. Colo. A two Viet namese suters he escaped the killing Fields of their Homeland to find Access in the 1.5,s. Military say the to freest motivation to Jake Thi in lives count Samc when they were closest toot the Anne Nguyen was 5 and cot Guven Tjo Ync was 12 when North vietnamese Force nip turd Saigon in 1475. Nguyen Doyne. Now Marns said their father a colonel in the South . Called the family into ins bedroom to Tell Thenn la possible enemy attack. But he had a plan he wanted to commit suicide for All of us she said he called All of us in and told us he had a Cla More mine he had saved and he was going to set it Oil in kill us. He said he would rather have us die together than suffer separately " but a family Friend persuaded their father instead to lice the country with him. Beginning the family s Odyssey to the United states. In i9h5. Nguyen Doyne became the names woman to graduate from the Academy at West Point. My. Earnj0fa Bachelor of science degree with a double or in Spanish and French. Now a first is an intelligence officer stationed at Foft Fanon army Posl in Colo Rado Springs. Nguyen lung oni peeled Basic training at the air Force Academy in Colorado Springs and is begin Ning her four years As a Cadet there. She wants to he an air Force Pilot. Nguyen Doyne said the fact that she nearly died still compels her to succeed. I Felt she said of her father s intent to kill himself his Wile and their Sis children. I did t want to waste nonself. I think Hal is still my Motif lion that kept me after leaving Saigon the refugee l Ajja Hpe ii Sev eral Days moving among islands Adjure hitching a ride on a Arary vessel. Built to hot out 1.200 Phi full inc ship carried about 3.500 pc by Onjel a Day voyage to a Refuge Ecamp in Bijj highly motivated students for no inn of sync. Inc l she was selected fron l off when Nan 1 1.000 applicants family was in a refugee d not Long thereafter. Sor them in Mil fort chatter lutheran Church agreed ton. A. "1 thought America must be a very said Nguyen Booyne. Now 26. Everyone a and houses. We were used to two families living in Small houses. The markets were very impressive too. We had no indoor markets in Vietnam. No re the Sisters soon were they were Given English names their vietnamese first names were virtually unpronounceable Here and became to attend West the importance of y7 she said. I feel very Fortu be Able to attend the her father graduated from the vietnamese National Academy before becoming a South Vietnam Ese army officer. Besides the Sisters who attended military academies there is another sister in the Navy and a brother in the army infantry. The Sisters say they appreciate the opportunities they have received and believe american freedoms cannot be taken for granted. There Are More opportunities Here especially for said Nguyen now i1. There Are so Many things women arc allowed to do Here. In Vietnam the attitude was that women should be Barefoot Nguyen Doyne said american freedoms Are Worth Outing for. You come from another country without the Are Here you work As hard As you can to make Surls sul Ever lose those she said. I want to Cumi Hutc As much As i can to the army and the country la Jint take the word Freedom ver uses camera to film fend off attacking shark . A a scuba diver said he vim med a shark attack ing him. Then used tit Mykra to cat � the fish before swimming All i could see was its snout Stroup said monday. It w As butting ill head against my camera. What surprised me was when he reached out and grabbed my the camera captured the entire Inci Dent. Stroup said. He said another diver who viewed the tape said the film showed the shark waggling Back and Forth like they do in the movies As it Clung to its victim s Arm. The 46-year-old real estate Developer from Albuquerque. N.m., displayed his bandaged limbs during a news Confer ence at Harbor Urcla medical Center. Or. Annie Hollister. An orthopaedic surgeon said Stroup would remain at the facility for four or five Days so he could be Waie hed for signs of infection.,"" " said there is also a possibility ujj0? damage affecting Ovcin Jap of his thumb. Stroup said he a Wing a school of about 10 which were be tween to no feet Long about is Miles Lurry Stroup displays his injuries As he describes his Battle with tin attacking shark. Off Santa Barbara Island on Sunda when he swam out of a protective Cage to gel a better shot. As Long As uralic behaviour it s Olej i put of the Cage he the Blue shark is a but this particular Blue shark bumped his camera about four limes he said. I did t feel him bile. I Jusi looked Over and his Mouth was around my Arm he said. Using his camera and helped by a Fel Low diver he warded off the shark and the two swam about 35 feel to their boat. A coast guard helicopter flew him to Jhc Hospital where he underwent surgery stir torn ligaments and muscle. Sli hid is about -10 Miles Southwest of Stroup a diver Forron Kos said in was his first expedition Sharks. I m sure i la go diving again. Right now m not so sure i la go shark he said. I would say that i have a Little More respect for tired Admiral to Hec ill cleanup a a retired . Coast on tues Day took the a crate of an Oil Industry group thai is Cream Flthe first nation wide network of i cats. Crews capable of handling an Oil a pull Large As the Exxon Valdez disaster. Lohn d. Cost clip who Reid with the rank of vice Admiral in july is Sai he sees some exciting pos Sibin quickly improving the Industry s ily. Of. Cleaning up Shoreline Large Oil spills. But he stressed that it a us Rake Lon to develop ways of spread o spills As Large As the a Jpn Valdic Acci Dent in which he Yum fun Tanker dumped 11 million gallon Jettrude into Alaska s Prince after ramming Areef. Or simply does not exist to Jpn Tain spills of that size he said adding that As president of Piro implementation he sees a Chance to develop a cohesive approach to a very serious problem of Dufft Oil Industry Cost cello s onus motion is charged with pulling Petroleum Industry . A proposed nation of spill response Een f could act on a Mair Oil spill Anjer Terc in . Waters. Of 59, said the goal is to have be response teams working within one year. The network would include a head quarters in Washington. Ixc., and regional response centers in new York. Norfolk a. New Orleans. Long Beach ""alif., and Seattle. Each Center would be stalled around clock by trained cleanup specialists Ould be equipped of handle a Qon Oil spill about the same As the spill. The table system including is being financed by the major Oil Costa Joics. The Industry said last june in an whoring plans for the response system to vol would spend s250 million on the troja scr five years. 6 Hurt As Twa jetliner dives to miss of Kc-10 ily Ihu Winshi Nurmi i not six people were injured tuesday aboard a 1 rans world airlines jetliner when it descended suddenly to avoid an air Force jumbo Jet missing it by about 100 feel authorities said wednesday. The Federal aviation administration said the incident occurred about 30 Miles South of Chicago Al 4 30 . As Twa flight 818. A Boeing 767, was lying from is. Louis to Paris with 168 people aboard. The Twa plane returned to is Louis where five passengers with neck injuries and one Crew member with a Cut lip were taken to local hospitals Twa spokesman Don Morri son said. All but one passenger who was hospitalized overnight were examined and released he said Morrison said the flight attendant who was injured was standing in the aisle and the injured passengers probably had not been wearing scat belts and were thrown upward. No one was injured among the 12 people aboard the air Force pc to a military version of the dc-10 used for Aerial refuelling which was flying from Cleveland to March fab in California at the time of the incident air Force sgt. Sharon Naimo said. The pc to is assigned to the 22nd air refuelling Wing at March she said. Twa flight 818 was flying Over Illinois when the Pilot mistakenly responded to air traffic control instructions intended for a commuter plane Enterprise airlines flight 218, which had been directed to Fly at 35,000 feet heading North Faa sources said
