Thach Thi Ngoc

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Thạch Thị Ngọc, married name Ngoc Thi Peterkin (born 21 February 1950, Bến Tre, South Vietnam) was a member of the South Vietnamese Olympic team.^[1] She held the record for the high jump in South Vietnam from 1966 through 1968.

In 1973, she immigrated to the United States on a fiancée visa, where she married United States Army Lieutenant Colonel John W. Peterkin in New York. She did not return to Vietnam until 1985, when the Government of Vietnam granted her a visa to visit her family in Mỹ Tho, Vietnam. She lives in New York City and owns a chain of nail salons and assists in humanitarian efforts for children in Vietnam.

References

↑ "First Vietnamese-American to Serve as a Military Advisor to the New Iraqi Army". Retrieved 2009-03-13.

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Tâm sự của những bà Mẹ các binh sĩ Mỹ gốc Việt (in Vietnamese)
Thach Thi Ngoc photographed with her son, Captain James Van Thach, the first Vietnamese-American to serve as an Military Advisor to the New Iraqi Army
First Vietnamese-American to Serve as a Military Advisor to the New Iraqi Army

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Name	Thach, Thi Ngoc
Alternative names
Short description	Vietnamese-American athlete and humanitarian
Date of birth	21 February 1950
Place of birth	Ben Tre, South Vietnam
Date of death
Place of death

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