Loc tried the restaurant and agreed with his wife’s assessment. They sold Hi-Fashion Wigs and personal jewelry to raise $40,000 to buy the restaurant. Loc was not certain that the restaurant would make it, so he kept his job at the railroad for six months. Loc, Kim, and their children worked long hours and the restaurant 昀氀ourished. By 1983, they had three locations. Mai went to Harding Junior High School and Classen High School. She continued to live at home while she earned a degree in business marketing from Oklahoma City University. As more Jimmy’s Egg locations opened, Loc had time to return to Vietnam. In 1999, he took his 92-year-old father to visit his homeland for a 昀椀nal time. On another trip, Loc created the Le Family Trust Fund to build a Catholic church, schools, nursing homes, and other projects for the poor and elderly. Loc and Kim even built a bridge across a creek in a small town. Meanwhile, Mai married Quan Vuong. Quan, a mechanical engineer, is the only one of Loc’s children or spouses who does not work for the Jimmy’s Egg enterprise. Quan and Mai’s daughters, Celine, left, and Gabrielle. and Classen Boulevard in Oklahoma City. She said, “My parents taught me the value of hard work. As long as I am healthy, I intend to work as much as I can to make certain that our customers are taken care of.” Mai Nguyen and her father, Loc Le, at the counter of the Jimmy’s Egg location on North Classen in Oklahoma City where she still cooks seven days a week. Courtesy The Oklahoman. Loc Le greets a customer at Jimmy’s Egg. Courtesy The Oklahoman. In 2018, 70 members of Loc’s family visited Vietnam, toured the country, and were reunited with family members and friends who survived the war. By 2020, there were more than 60 Jimmy’s Egg locations in eight states, stretching from New York to Texas. Tragically, the COVID-19 outbreak was worse for Loc and Kim than the North Vietnamese artillery shells were. In December 2020, Loc, age 75 and Kim, age 84, died from complications of the virus. They were preparing to move into a new home in northwest Oklahoma City. The four children, Yen, Trang, Mai, and Quang inherited ownership of the 15 restaurants in the Oklahoma City area. Son-in- law Ban Nguyen is the CEO of the business. Even as an owner, Mai still arrives at 6:30 a.m. seven days a week at the Jimmy’s Egg at Northwest 50th Street 39