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Derek Tran: “Next year. 2025 marks the 50th year since the fall of…”

Featuring: Derek Tran, Democratic | U.S. House California, 45th Congressional District

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Candidate Derek Tran, 45th Congressional District

Published | Video Starts at 19:55

… all of the residents, all of the culture, all of the different makeup of the people in the 45th district. But I want to make the viewers aware of something. Next year. 2025 marks the 50th year since the fall of Saigon. My parents came in the second wave from Vietnam, fleeing from the communist regime out there. And the people of South Vietnam who left made California their home. (19:55–20:03)

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Asserts that 2025 will mark the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon.

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