" PRPC, located in the mountains of Bataan, was about a 3-hour bus ride from Manila. The PRPC opened in 1980 and closed around 1995. I worked there from 1984 to 1988. More than 400,000 Indochinese refugees (Vietnamese, Khmer, Lao, ethnic Chinese, and some other minority groups) passed through its gates. Almost all of them had already been accepted for resettlement in the U.S., and almost all of them had already spent months and years in first asylum camps in the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, and Indonesia. During their stay in the PRPC, the refugees underwent final processing, health screenings, and studied English and U.S. culture. Most of the photos in this album were taken on one day...the day before I left. They're not the most beautiful, and they don't include ceremonies or friends' faces. I took the photos to remember the look of the camp. What the photos can't express is what the PRPC felt like...the amazing mix of languages, backgrounds, and cultures, the old hatreds and loyalties, the night sounds from the forest, the steam rising from the earth after a sudden downpour, the sound of students repeating an English phrase, the sound of prayers from a temple at sunset..."
~Gaylord Barr~
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Saturday, December 17, 2011

Pictures of Bataan PRPC by Gaylord Barr (15)

71: Inside the Cambodian Temple, Neighborhood 2.
Quang cảnh bên trong chùa người dân Khmer.





72: After the rain: A walkway between the barracks and classroom buildings
Quang cảnh đường đi giửa những dãy nhà sau cơn mưa





73: A Vietnamese "submarine" stall. These sandwiches were a favorite food of  the refugees, and the Filipino and Western volunteers.
Bánh mì thịt là món ăn được nhiều người yêu chuộng ở trại Bataan PRPC





74: "Neighborhood 11", the camp cemetery
Quang cảnh nghĩa địa tại Bataan PRPC






75: The Vietnamese Memorial
Đài tưởng niệm miền nam nước Việt



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  1. taekwondoSeptember 11, 2013 at 1:33 PM

    That's awesome picture 73 is my uncle family. They are saling Vietnamese subway(banh mi). Thanks for the picture! The world is circle after almost 25 years still see it.

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