- Thach Thi Ngoc
Thach Thi Ngoc (Ngoc Thach Peterkin) was born on February 21,
1950 ,Ben Tre ,South Vietnam . She was a member of the South Vietnamese Olympic Team from 1966-68. She held the record for thehigh jump in South Vietnam from 1966 through 1968. In1973 , she went to the United States and marriedUnited States Army LTCJohn W. Peterkin inNew York . Ngoc did not return to Vietnam until1985 , when the communist government inHanoi granted her a visa to visit her family inMy Tho , Vietnam. Ngoc currently lives in New York City and owns a chain of salons and assists in humantarian efforts for children in Vietnam.External links
* [http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/7/prweb408426.htm Thach Thi Ngoc photographed with her son Captain James Van Thach the first Vietnamese-American to serve as an Military Advisor to the New Iraqi Army]
* [http://iraq.pigstye.net/article.php/FirstVietmameseAmericanMilitaryAdivsor First Vietnamese-American to Serve as a Military Advisor to the New Iraqi Army]
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