Along the Southern Boundary
Bird, Les
| Autor: | Bird, Les |
|---|---|
| Themengebiete: | Biography / Autobiography |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 18.04.2022 |
| EAN: | 9789887554738 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 128 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Blacksmith Books |
| Untertitel: | A Marine Police Officer's Frontline Account of the Vietnamese Boatpeople and Their Arrival in Hong Kong |
Produktinformationen "Along the Southern Boundary"
“We had no jurisdiction outside of Hong Kong waters. But we could see their vessels sinking in heavy seas. It was life or death, right there. We just went.” Former Marine Police officer Les Bird tells of the harrowing sea journey to Hong Kong made by tens of thousands of refugees in the years that followed the end of the Vietnam War. And as he patrolled the southern maritime boundary of Hong Kong, he photographed their makeshift boats and later the people-smuggling vessels coming in, including the Sen On, a freighter ship that the crew abandoned. With his previously unpublished collection of personal photographs he tells the stories of the young children, the father who just bought a boat to embark on a 1,000-mile journey, and the disillusioned North Vietnamese battle-hardened veterans – all searching for a new life.
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