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Growing up in war-torn Vietnam, leads NSWCDD chief engineer in lifelong pursuit of stability
May 3, 2023 — At the tender age of six, Kathleen “Katie” Young endured the instability of a country torn apart by civil war. Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese on April 30, 1975, ending the Vietnam War and forever changing the trajectory of her family’s life.Young’s family enjoyed an upper-class life, including a lovely house with a service staff. Her father... MORE

IMAGE: Kathleen “Katie” Young is a chief engineer in Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division’s Strategic and Computing Systems Department. Young’s early life was thrown into chaos as her family suffered turmoil and sadness in the aftermath of the Vietnam War.

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