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READERS CORNER: Saigon and Viet Nam at the turn of the century (1900)

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Title: On and Off Duty in Annam (1910)

Subject: Great “turn of the century (1900)” tour of Viet Nam – Travel, Social Life and Customs.

Author: Gabrielle M. Vassal

Review: This is a great read for anyone with an interest in Viet Nam. The book is the travel narrative […]

READERS CORNER: Laugther In The Shadows: A CIA Memoir

Saigon Kid Laurie Methven kindly shares this book her father wrote.

My Dad was CIA for over 27 years; of course I didn’t find out until I was a teenager. At any rate, he has written a book which is on the lighter side of the CIA called *Laughter in the Shadows* and Vietnam […]

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by Ken Yeager

While the INTERNET allows me to keep up with much that goes on in the United States, what I do miss is the opinions of those whom I value and those are you folks who I shared some of my youth with (my youth being up until a couple of years ago […]

Saigon Kid Peter Brownell: Father’s Recollections

Jerry and Lincoln Brownell

As mentioned in a previous Post on our blog, Peter’s father (Lincoln C. Brownell) recently passed away at the age of 96. Over a several year period prior to his passing he compiled his memoirs: personal recollections of a long life around the world and of a family centered […]

Memoirs of an Insignificant Dragon – Book Review

Marjorie Doughty was a USAID wife and mother of a 5 year old son who’s husband was assigned to Viet-nam. The book starts while Marjorie and her son, Jack, are at the American Clinic in Saigon when suddenly the November 1963 Coup breaks out in the streets of Saigon, as […]