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Mohawk

Mohawk
 
  • We left on an afternoon from Rach Dua near Vung Tau....we could't pickup more people at a hide-out place near Dam Hoa, Local Police there has found the place and capture all of them by 8PM so we had to run for our lives, they also capture our small supplies boat and with only 45 people on board with no food nor fuel,
  • we passed the Vung Tau around 9 and into South China Sea and has Malaysia as a final destination...during the trip we lost our propeller, saved by a West German ship that wanted to take us to Singapore but we declined...they gave us food, fixed our propeller and towed us to a small island that belong to Malaysia,
  • we stayed for 1 night and left because it was too scary with only local tribes and unhabitat, no one there to help us, we got picked up later that night by Malaysian Navy Patrol ship and towed us back out at sea into Indonesia and told us not to come back or they will shoot...
  • we got moving again this time trying to sneak into Malaysia and actually was assisted by a very Gentleman who owned a Thai fishing boat, they gave us food, fuel and direction into Pulau Tengah....
  • while we were waiting to come into the Island, an American Drill ship named: Mohawk came by, saw us and picked us up and took us all to Singapore on the night of April 9th and we were taken into the Camp the next morning.....
  • By Michael Bao Nguyen
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