Along the Southern Boundary

A Marine Police Officer's Frontline Account of the Vietnamese Boatpeople and their Arrival in Hong Kong

By Les Bird

Publisher: Blacksmith Books

Imprint: Blacksmith Books

“We had no jurisdiction outside Hong Kong waters. But we could see their vessels sinking in heavy seas. It was life or death. We just went.” Former Marine Police officer Les Bird tells of the harrowing journey to Hong Kong made by tens of thousands of refugees in the years following the Vietnam War. He photographed their makeshift boats and his pictures tell the stories of these desperate refugees searching for a new life.

$25.95