By Jason Beaubien
National Public Radio (USA)
People in Cambodia recently welcomed the return of a noted son. Thirty-seven years ago, Navy Capt. Michael Misiewicz escaped the genocide of the Khmer Rouge regime when he was adopted by a U.S. Embassy employee. This month, he returned, as the captain of a U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer.
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A Khmer boy named Vanek Kem(ph) was six years old when a U.S. embassy worker took him out of his war-torn country in 1973. Earlier this month, he returned to Cambodia with a new name, at the helm of a U.S. Navy warship.
As NPRs Anthony Kuhn reports, the journey was a mix of official and family duties, pride, and long-held pain.
ANTHONY KUHN: Commander Michael Misiewicz, in his white officers uniform, descends a ladder to welcome his aunts and uncle and other relatives as they board his ship. Its the U.S.S. Muston(ph), a guided missile destroyer that sailed here from its base in Japan. Tearful embraces follow. Misiewicz later speaks to visitors on the ships focsal(ph).
Commander MICHAEL MISIEWICZ (U.S. Navy): A lot of emotions overwhelmed me today, and thinking about what I had left behind many years ago and then coming back, certainly everything has changed. But, you know, the happiness of all this is - there is positive future for the United States and for Cambodia as partners.
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As NPRs Anthony Kuhn reports, the journey was a mix of official and family duties, pride, and long-held pain.
ANTHONY KUHN: Commander Michael Misiewicz, in his white officers uniform, descends a ladder to welcome his aunts and uncle and other relatives as they board his ship. Its the U.S.S. Muston(ph), a guided missile destroyer that sailed here from its base in Japan. Tearful embraces follow. Misiewicz later speaks to visitors on the ships focsal(ph).
Commander MICHAEL MISIEWICZ (U.S. Navy): A lot of emotions overwhelmed me today, and thinking about what I had left behind many years ago and then coming back, certainly everything has changed. But, you know, the happiness of all this is - there is positive future for the United States and for Cambodia as partners.
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