Reminiscences of Hong Chong "Bob" Chin, 2004

Biographical Note

Veteran, Electronic Engineer

Scope and Contents

Background: born Burma, immigration as a “paper son” to U.S. 1936, reminiscences of China, Chinese Exclusion Act, upbringing in Chinatown, courtship of wife; World War II Naval Construction Battalion: camaraderie of troops, hardships, discrimination, service in the Pacific, Tinian Island offensive

Subjects

• Asian Americans--New York (State)--New York--Interviews.
• Chin, Hong Chong "Bob", 1925-
• Chinatown (New York, N.Y.)--History.
• Class 704, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Class 809, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Personal narratives.
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
• Veterans--New York (State)--New York--Interviews.

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