Extremely detained actions.
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Also, a long and excellent read on General Nguyen Van Hieu.
I have brief descriptions of others @
Also, a long and excellent read on General Nguyen Van Hieu.
I have brief descriptions of others @
| THE SUICIDES ON APRIL 30, 1975 from Memories Of The Republic Of South Vietnam |
My brother in law's parents were brought out at the fall.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I can gather, his dad was an asset. Him & all associated family were brought to the US and set up with business.
They started out in either Iowa or Missouri, and migrated down here to Houston in the early 80's.
Tell him hi! He's lucky he wasn't betrayed like the ones waiting at the embassy. I left April 25th.
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"It left behind many South Vietnamese (250 to 400, depending upon which source is consulted) who had been promised escape. They were simply abandoned. It was the last of a long series of US betrayals in Vietnam. "
(A South Korean CIA officer , who had patiently waited in line, was among the Vietnamese. Nothing was ever heard from him, and I often think about his possible end. I hope he wasn't taken alive. BT)
They are very nice folks and will do anything for you.
DeleteI believe they ran a good size market on the north side of Saigon. I know that is a large area, but its all I have been told by my brother in law.
I remember being in grade school and watching the nightly news of the evac. Even though I was very young at the time, that conflict had a definite effect on me. All of my HS and college papers in history and some psychology papers were on it.
It was the classic example of what happens when men who know nothing about war, run it. It guarantees a loss. And as such, then men currently playing in Congress have learned nothing from history.
All of my HS and college papers in history and some psychology papers were on it.
DeleteVery interesting.
men currently playing in Congress have learned nothing from history.
Damn, if that ain't the truth.
I'll post these emails to keep track of the info.
ReplyDeleteI don't have a problem locating most of the larger military bases with GE (they're like a big scar on the earth) but finding all those A camps are a pure bitch. The jungle takes those back quick.
Matter of fact, the only ones that I've found are ones where former troops had posted photos of it and that'll take me to that location. Another problem is that a lot of the images are blurry below 10,000 feet, which is probably intentional.
Let me ask you something though - just where in the hell were the ho bo woods? What villages were in it or were around it? I keep forgetting to ask Pops.
Anyways, hope you have a great weekend.
- Kenny
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I knew it was in Binh Duong province as I lived in Binh Duong City while working at Phu Loi and that is where I was exposed to Agent Orange. My mother sent me a Smithfield ham there for Christmas one year and boy was it good!:) Here's the map. Binh Duong province http://tinyurl.com/bngo2ax
Ho Bo Woods was located in Binh Duong Province 20 km north of Cu Chi, 4 km to the west of the Iron Triangle and the Saigon River and some 56 km northwest of Saigon. The woods consisted of rubber plantations, sparse to dense woods, and open rice paddies with some extremely large dikes, some 1–2 metres high.[1] The woods were used by the Viet Cong as a base area.
--Brock