Indischhistorisch.nl:
In 1956 he arrived in his fatherland that he only knew from his school lessons.
But  there too he noticed how difficult it was to find a job. Like so many other Dutch and Indos the young migrant decided to move to the United States, the promised land of the unlimited opportunities. In 1960 Harley Driessen disembarked in Hoboken, New York.
A new life had started.