 vietnamese people and buddhist s pagodas vietnamese people and buddhist s pagodas ray mon 9282020 1512  biloxi commercial harbor behind hard rock casino in september 2020   time line   1974 six of 12 vietnamese refugees who made their home on the mississippi coast came to biloxi in late may from the eglin afb refugee center   vincent and margaret sherry sponsored the families and  gave the vinh family temporary shelter in ther home the former south vietnamese airforce officers and pilots and families were  nguien quan vinh  tuyet his spouse and 18month old daughter van anh and  hoang thanh nha  yen his wife and 7year old daughter nhi others expected to arrive were  phan huu minh  and his family the daily herald may 28 1975 p 1  1988 biloxi s first buddhist pagoda opened on december 11 1988 when monk chon thich greeted fifty people at 1100 east howard avenue the hattiesburg american december 13 1988 p 3  buddhist chua van duc 179 oak street  references  the hattiesburg american birth of a pagoda buddhists open temple on gulf coast december 13 1988  images  1980s 91 views  