Kam Lou Lopez with family and friends at the processing center in Bataan, Philippines, 1983. Her father, Man Lou, is 2nd from left; her mother, Fang Phar, is 4th from right; and her sister, Meicy Lou, is 2nd from right.
Kam Lou Lopez (front row, 2nd from left with long hair) with her family waiting to leave for the processing center in the Philippines before heading to the U.S., 1982. Their friends from Khao-I-Dang refugee camp came to say good-bye. Back row: Kam’s father, Man Lou (3rd from left) and her mother, Frang Phar, is third from the right. Other people unidentified.
Kam Lou Lopez’s family in a photo documenting that they had been accepted as refugees into the Khao-I-Dang refugee camp, 1981. From left to right: Kam’s father, Man Lou; mother, Fang Phar; Kam; her sister, Meicy; cousin, Seav (cousin’s last name unknown). One of Kam’s uncles sponsored them to the U.S. The family took the uncle’s last name, Sy. When they became U.S. citizens they changed it back to Lou.
Kam Lou Lopez’s family at a holding facility (“prison”) before being accepted into the Khao-I-Dang refugee camp, 1981. Kam is in the back on the right holding a baby. Her sister, Meicy, is on the left in the black shirt. The other children are unidentified.
Kam Lou Lopez (left) in her village southeast of Phnom Penh, near the Mekong River, Cambodia 1980. Kam does not remember who took the picture or the occasion, but because she was wearing a nice blouse, she thinks it may have been a celebration. The woman on the right was a neighbor, but Kam does not remember her name.
Kam Lou Lopez with family in their village southeast of Phnom Penh, near the Mekong River, Cambodia 1980. From left to right: Kam’s older sister, Amanda; older brother, William; younger sister, Meicy Lou; mother, Fang Phar; Kam; and her father, Man Lou. After the Khmer Rouge period ended in 1979, the family went back to their village where her father tried to start his watch business again, but he was warned to leave. Her father suspected the family might be separated during the journey to the border, so he had this photo taken of them together.
