Quang X. Pham
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Quang X. Pham a Vietnamese-American was born in 1964, in Saigon, South Vietnam.
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During the invasion of South Vietnam by the Communist North Vietnamese Army and their Viet Cong Agents, Quang, his sisters, and his mother left their beloved nation, while the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) were defending the capital city of Saigon.
His Vietnamese Air Force father Hoa Van Pham remained in Vietnam and was captured by the North Vietnamese Army when he was supporting the Republic of Vietnam, resulting in his twelve years in reeducation/prison camps.
Quang and his family immigrated to the United States and resided in California.
Quang graduated from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), and he went on to complete Marine Corps Officer Candidate School.
He was the first Vietnamese American to earn his naval aviator's wings and flew helicopter missions in the Persian Gulf War and Somalia in the United States Marine Corps.
He is a renowned author and wrote, A Sense of Duty: My Father, My American Journey.
In 2000, he founded Lathian Systems, a pharmaceutical technology sales company, raised $14 million from investors and helped the company reached profitability. He was chairman and CEO.
[edit] External links
- Quang X. Pham Official Site
- Flying high once again Air Force adviser, Vietnamese pilots reunite
- Starting from Scratch
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