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Photos courtesy of Mr. Theodore Schweitzer. http://www.searescue.org/
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Vietnamese Heritage Museum Collections.
http://vhm.creativeexit.com/details/mr-theodore-schweitzer-koh-kra-island-1978-1983/
Summary
SEA RESCUE FOUNDATION was founded in 1982 and has been in continuous operation ever since. SRF has provided assistance, in the form of food, housing and medical care, as well as protection and rescue at sea services to hundreds of thousands of refugees, prisoners of war and others in distress throughout Southeast Asia, Indo-China and elsewhere.
Sea Rescue was founded by Mr. Theodore Schweitzer, who played an important role in the rescue of many VN Boat people from Koh Kra island. SEA Rescue saved more than 1250 boat people who had been marooned on this island by Thai pirates.
Source: http://www.searescue.org/
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Color digital photograph.
