"Operation Frequent Wind - USS Midway's Final Mission in Vietnam"

Thursday, 29 July 2021 (1630 hrs Eastern Standard Time)

Stephanie Dinh

Volunteer docent at the USS Midway Museum and a member of the Speakers’ bureau.

Stephanie Dinh was born in Saigon, Vietnam. In April 1975, her family, comprised of her mother, father, four sisters & a brother, was brought by the USS Midway from Vietnam to the U.S.A. She was 15 years old at that time. Subsequent to her arrival in the U.S., her family settled in Monmouth, Illinois, and later moved to southern California. Her first taste of American food was chicken casserole, when she was onboard the USS Midway. She learned to speak/write English & Spanish and became trilingual. She earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters degree with strong emphasis in biological science/Safety Engineering. Presently, she is an Agriculture Training/Plant Protection Quarantine officer with the U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA), having been with the department for over 30 years.