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In 1975 more than 100,000 Vietnam ese refugees came to the United States, fleeing war in their home country. The Nguyen family were one family who fled. At the time, Ted Nguyen was 6 years-old and the oldest of his siblings. “I may be born in Vietnam , but I was assembled and produced here at the Sierra Vista ,” he said. The Nguyen family were sponsored by the then Sierra Lutheran Church — now Sierra Evangelical Lutheran Church — to come to Sierra Vista .
He said he had to learn the language and culture, which helped him communicate and help the Nguyen family. 'I was Vietnamese myself you know, I lived there for two years,' Behnke laughed. “I loved the people.'Which made it easier for him to understand what the Nguyen’s were fleeing.“You can imagine what was like fleeing your country, all your friends, your family, terrible communist regime,' Behnke said. 'They were lucky to get out.
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