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by Sharon Cekada/The Post-Crescent: A Hmong refugee boy stares out the
window of the airplane that is taking him from Bangkok, Thailand to the
United States with his family July 9, 2004.
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Photo
by Sharon Cekada/The Post-Crescent: Kaying Kha (center) clutches her baby
as she makes her way to the bus while saying goodbye to friends and family
members at Wat Tham Krabok refugee camp in Saraburi, Thailand Tuesday,
July 6, 2004. She boarded a plane in Bangkok on July 7 and relocated to
Green Bay, Wis. to join family there.
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Photo
by Sharon Cekada/The Post-Crescent: Vang Xue Yang, 32, and 3-year-old
daughter, Choua Yang, wave goodbye to afamily member a bus with other
Hmong refugees at Wat Tham Krabok in Saraburi, Thailand June 28, 2004. The
bus headed out from the camp just before midnight to take them to the
Bangkok airport where they'll board a plane for the United States. He is
headed to Wausau with his wife, Meng Lee, and four children.
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Photo
by Sharon Cekada/The Post-Crescent
Exhausted and
suffering from air sickness, Seng Vang (left) headed to California, sleeps
as her daughter rests in her lap with her sons and and husband seated next
to her on a flight from Bangkok, Thailand to Japan en route to the United
States July 9, 2004. She and dozens of other Hmong refugees endured the
lenghthy flight to America. Being the first time on a plane, most of the
refugees were unable to sleep.
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