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By Deborah Spohr Martins (ACS) We were all sitting at the dinning room table having dinner, my Mom , Dad , brother, sister and my self,when the bomb went off and shook our house windows. My father who was the assistant manager of ESSO Oil Company,(he was a civilian and always seemed to know what […] March 6th, 2016 | Category: Deborah (Spohr) Martin, Deborah (Spohr) Martin, Kinh Do Theater, Nha Trang, Saigon Kids Stories | 12 comments By Kevin Wells (ACS) When you teach undergraduate students, you just have to be ready for just about anything. One of the annual events that generates that anything is spring break. Although semi-nude spring break participants in warm climes like Mexico make the evening news on a regular basis, travel to other countries is not […] March 3rd, 2016 | Category: Kevin Wells, Kevin Wells, Saigon Kids Stories, Saigon Kids Today | 2 comments By H. Clark On my most recent trip to Sai Gon, Viet Nam, in December 2015, I used the occasion to visit Ha Noi and Hue for the first time. I was born in Sai Gon and it is still beloved, but I am disappointed to see new high-rise buildings that are sprouting up everywhere. […] March 3rd, 2016 | Category: H. Clark, H. Clark (St Paul School Saigon), Holiday Celebrations, New Year, Saigon Kids Stories, Tet | One comment It started about 1:30 Friday (wee hours of that morning your time). I was out for my French lesson not too far from home when the tutor said – “Is that firecrackers?” And we casually said “yes” but thought they were banned, except for new years. It was the starting of the coup (pronounced “coo”). Her husband [the tutor’s] called & said there was heavy artillery fire on the river. […] March 14th, 2015 | Category: 1963 Coup, Karen Klingenhagen (ACS), Karen Klingenhagen (ACS), Palace Bombings, Saigon Kids Stories | 3 comments Submitted by Jim Cooper (ACS) Evacuation at Tan Son Nhut. Jim, Tom and Mrs. Cooper. Circa February 11, 1965. Jim Cooper Collection. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE. For many of us, this particular February 8th (2015) is the 50th anniversary of our Evacuation from Saigon — an exciting, nostalgic, and formative event which capped off […] February 7th, 2015 | Category: 1963 Coup, ACS History, Capital Kinh Do, Evacuation February 8, 1965, Jim Cooper, Jim Cooper, Kinh Do Theater, Palace Bombings, Tom Cooper | 31 comments |
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