FORT SMITH, AR, USA - AUGUST 10, 1975 -- A section of a long line of newly-arrived Vietnamese refugees looking forward to seeing President Gerald Ford as his vehicle passes. The president is here to open the new Vietnamese refugee center at Fort Chaffee, AR. The center had over 20,000 refugees in its facility when Ford visited. In the background are some of the barracks where refugees were housed.

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