Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I heke a Tran ki te rohe o Amerika o Guam whai muri i te
Te hinganga o Saigon. I nekehia ia ki Fort Chaffee, Arkansas mo nga marama e ono, a ka kitea e ia te tautoko ki tetahi hahi Lutheran i Arlington County, Virginia. I mahi ia mo nga marama e ono hei horoi rihi mo te Episcopal High School (Alexandria). I te Hōngongoi 4, 1976, ka uru a Tran ki tana marena tuarua me tetahi atu rerenga, Loan Kim Ta. I tutaki raua ki tētahi rōpū i Washington, D.C. mō ngā rerenga Vietnam. He akonga ture a Ta i te Bovie Community College me te Miss Saigon o mua (1972).