Iowa Invites Southeast Asian Refugees
Vietnamese Refugees, 1975
Iowa Responds
The Right Thing to Do
Iowa Responds to Tai Dam 
Iowans Open Their Hearts
Life as a Refugee
Iowa Benefits From Refugees
It Wasn’t Just Politics
The Need is Immediate
A Big Leap for Iowans
Refugees Enrich Iowa
Iowans Became Aware of Diverse Cultures
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Refugees Enrich Iowa
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Time Frame: 1975
Former Des Moines Register president, Michael Gartner, talks about the impact of Tai Dam refugees from Southeast Asia on Iowa in 1979.
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So, Iowa was fortunate. The refugees were fortunate. I mean, it made Iowa a much better state, much better state, a broader state, a more interesting state, a more diverse state. And what it did for these people's lives…Every once in a while you'll run into one. And they cry when they tell you what their life was like and what it's like—became after they moved here.
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