The federal government tried to resettle refugees in towns across the country but enclaves formed in warm-weather areas: Los Angeles, Houston, New Orleans, and San Jose. Thousands of refugees, fleeing persecution and reeducation camps, arrived in the United States via Camp Pendleton, in Southern California. Like most stories about Vietnamese people in America, this one begins with the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975. Because this part of northern California, particularly the few-mile stretch between Story Road and Tully Road, is the home of a thriving Vietnamese and Asian American community. You could be almost anywhere, except for the occasional palm trees, the Diablo mountain range in the distance - and the increasing number of signs written in languages other than English. Drive through East San Jose and you’ll find a familiar American landscape: strip malls and franchises, highways and subdivisions.