Sophiline Cheam Shapiro teaching dance students in her Long Beach studio, Khmer Arts Academy. Younger students and “dance moms” observe from a distance, some trying to copy the dance movement.
Members of the Khmer Solidarity Association (later known as Cambodian Association of America) made regular visits to Camp Pendleton to support Cambodian evacuees. This photograph from May 1975, shows a large group of the members in front of a Quonset hut. (David Kreng Collection)
Viradet David Kreng, an engineer at Bechtel, stands by a donation poster appealing for donations of clothing and other personal items for Cambodian evacuees at Camp Pendleton in San Onofre, California. This photo was featured in Bechtel News Southern California in June 1975. (David Kreng Collection)
This picture shows a group of children at Camp Pendleton wearing military jackets given to them by marines. Refugees arrived with little more than what they could carry. (David Kreng Collection)
Close up image of the tents and latrine set up for Cambodian and Vietnamese evacuees at Camp Pendleton in San Onofre, California – 1975. (David Kreng Collection)
