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Jan 2022
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Born To Kill: The Vietnamese Refugee Gan...

The Underworld Podcast
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In the late 1980's, a new gang threw asian immigrant communities across America into chaotic spurts of violence. They were brutal, they were vicious, and they weren't going to play by any of the rules set by any of the established organized crime players. Born To Kill emerged from Vietnam's Lost Generation: child war refugees, often times orphans, who had be ... Show More
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