Dr.
Donna M. Barras, an orthopedist, got polio when she was six years old. These photos were taken by Thao Uyen Vo, May 31, 1991
Dr.
Donna M. Barras, an orthopedist, got polio when she was six years old.
Tam U. Vo,
reciting the poem "Hello Friends" by her Dad, blessed to be a graduate
of Stanford, Class of 2006
A memento conceived by LV
Sculpted by Nguyen Thanh
Thu, conceived and assisted by Linh Vo, with love and gratitude (started
Christmas 1990, finished May 1991)
Dr. Diane C. Mitchell,
Chief of Spina Bifida Clinic, gave her all in support of
this surprise gift to Rancho Hospital
Trung Duy Vo holding hands with his Daddy Linh, walking with Director John H. Taylor to the door of the Nixon Library.
Photo by 1973 Pulitzer-prize-winning Nick Ut.
Trung Vo and his Dad's poem
"Patriotism" under the flag pole at Ward Elementary School
1995
Pupils and the ceremony,
singing and dancing the patriotic songs
My last wish of my
life in America is to have the much-weathered cement sculpture recast in bronze
in order to last for the patients to appreciate, so that they may be inspired to
get well. "If Dr. Barras has made it, so can they." -- Linh D. Vo,
July 4, 2009
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