Tiffany Chung on “Remapping History”: an autopsy of a battle, an excavation of a man’s past

What sparked Tiffany Chung’s quest to “remap” her father’s wartime experiences?

Tiffany Chung’s father fought alongside American forces as a helicopter pilot in an elite squadron of the South Vietnamese Air Force.

In the exhibition “Vietnam, Past Is Prologue” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, artist Tiffany Chung probes the legacies of the Vietnam War and its aftermath through maps, videos, and paintings that highlight the voices and stories of former Vietnamese refugees.