CT. with their two children. Samlys sister. Manola. and one brother. Pakaypheth. have also achieved their dream of coming to America. Manola lives in Virginia and Pakaypheth in Louisiana. But despite their escape to freedom. their tragedy has not ended. A third brother. Khamchanh. his wife and three children languish in the Na Pho refugee camp in Thailand. They have been denied entry to the United States. Khamchanh Khamphouy. like his brother. served in the Royal Lao Army. The Communists sent him to the Vang Miang "seminar" camp in 1976. He escaped. was recaptured and was sent to the Ban Bo camp to boil salt.