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A Valley veteran revisited the country where he fought for freedom.

Vietnamese Refugee Deported After Release From Prison Immediately upon his release, Tien Pham was transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention and then deported. Tien Pham was recently deported to Vietnam, a country that he fled as a young teenager after growing up during the aftermath of the Vietnam war. By 1996, his family had made it to California as refugees, but Pham struggled to adapt. In his low-income neighborhood in San Jose, he got wrapped up in local street gangs. Pham was arrested in 2000 at 17 years old and sentenced to 28 years in prison. He was granted parole la...

December 18, 2020 Veterans Day honors those who choose to wear the uniform of their nation and serve their country. This past Veterans Day, the gratitude spread beyond current and former servicemembers at the SF Fed. Charlie Mike, the SF Fed’s first employee resource group (ERG) for military reservists, veterans, and their allies, took this opportunity to present the Patriot Award to two leaders who have shown great support to members of the military reserves. The name Charlie Mike is derived from the NATO-phonetic alphabet acronym for Continue the Mission, and that is exactly what this gro...