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Story of Con Dao 3

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From Thy/Phuong Nguyen
In Cần Thơ, they were among 150 people to hide in various shelters along the river bank. waiting for their escape boat.
Meanwhile, my Uncle Côi was notably absent. He was busy trying to prepare that escape boat…

…by HIJACKING it!

Uncle Côi was chief mechanic on a large fishing boat.

They sailed in darkness down the Mekong distributary and out into the South China Sea. The Côn Đảo 3 was a large, multi-tiered boat.

After three days at sea, they approached another boat to ask for directions, and were informed that there was actually a refugee island close by called Pulau Tengah.

Out of curiosity, the crew steered the Côn Đảo 3 towards this refugee island. As they approached Pulau Tengah, a beach full of Vietnamese people gathered to greet them, waving excitedly and beckoning for them to join them
Please follow the detail at
www.travelingthy.com/blog/2015/04/pulau-tengah-tracing-back-my-parents-escape-from-vietnam/
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