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CLOD – RITE OF PASSAGE

A RITE OF PASSAGE IN SAIGON Published in The Connecticut Review in 1991.

In the old days, back before the American war broke out in Vietnam, there was a small American community in the heart of old Saigon. The year was 1960, and I was seventeen years old. The kids all attended a correspondence […]

The CLODs Shall Rise Again – Mike Parker joins Blog

Look out people more and more of the old “CLOD” gang are showing up and reconnecting with our Saigon Kids family.

Clod Mike Parker reconnected with us today. Mike was in Saigon from 1958 to late 1961.

I just hung up from a wonderful phone call with Mike. He is doing great. He is living […]

CLOD Magazine Speical 50th Edition featuring James Dean In Saigon – The True Story of the Clods

Once again Clod writers have ‘gotten the urge’ … and, published the Special 50th Edition of Clod Magazine.

This issue features the story of Clod idol James Dean In Saigon (The True Story of the Clods). Travel with The Clods as Rique takes you on […]

CLOD Magazine – Available at a Blog near you soon

While the ‘establishment’ powers of ACS and Saigon did execute “Operation Clod Eradication” effectively ridding the school and community of Clods … little did they know The Clods lived on. The ‘establishment’ powers divided but they did not … conqueror the Clods … they simply went into exile where they seem to have prospered.

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CLOD Removal – End of an Era

Well, once the CLODs were all deported… and Vietnamese-American relationships were “normalized”…things got very proper in Saigon. A new high school wing – Kennedy Hall – was dedicated in January 1964. Upon the completion of this 3-story!!!! building, high school students had to get up at 6:00 AM to get to school. There were 99 […]