After surviving being starved and tortured by the murderous Khmer Rouge regime, he moved to America and made history as the first native-born Cambodian refugee to join the Secret Service in 150 years.
Leth Oun is detailing his inspiring story in a new book: A Refugee's American Dream: From The Killing Fields of Cambodia to the U.S. Secret Service.Leth Oun is one of the millions of Cambodians forever scarred by the traumas of The Killing Fields.
Then he came to America and made history as the first native-born Cambodian refugee to join the Secret Service in 150 years.A Refugee's American Dream: From The Killing Fields of Cambodia to the U.S. Secret Service By reliving the painful memories, he hopes people will realize that what happened to him and his family "could happen to anyone in any country."
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