In 1958 Tuskegee Airman Dempsey Morgan and his wife Adrienne, both Baháʼís, came to Vietnam, and over succeeding years helped establish administrative procedures among the Local Spiritual Assemblies of Vietnam.[27] During their stay in Vietnam, the Morgans also identified Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼís Faith, with the Maitreya Buddha, who in the Buddhist tradition is the successor to Gautama Buddha and who is to appear on Earth, achieve complete enlightenment, and teach the pure dharma.[27][28] During this period of growth a number of Buddhist monks also become Baha'is.[28] The Morgan family left Vietnam for Thailand in 1959, staying for two years before continuing to Phnom Penh.