Kim Hai Dinh
Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster Oral History
NOAA's Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster Oral History documents the experience of people living in Gulf of Mexico oil-spill-affected fishing communities. The oral history data complements other social and economic data about the spill collected by NOAA and other governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations.
Kim Dai Dinh is a Vietnamese-American, living in East Biloxi, who worked in seafood processing plants.
Scope and Content Note:
She discusses life in Vietnam circa 1950s and 1960s, parents, fishing in Vietnam, marketing catch in Vietnam, education in Vietnam, working as a seamstress, fishing family of origin, Vietnamese family customs, fall of Vietnam to Communists, flight from Vietnam, memories of Vietnam War, life in Communist Vietnam, Viet Cong, Thai pirates, refugee camp in Thailand, sojourn in Philippines, immigration to U.S., Catholic charities, shucking oysters, Mississippi Gulf Coast, working in seafood processing plants, BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, scarcity of shrimp, assessment of future of seafood industry, visiting Vietnam.
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