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David Martin's avatar

Fascinating and saddening. Thank you for this post Nancy. I was a young (British) man in this era so the only 'effect' it had on me was the news. France got kicked out of 'Indo-China' after having been mauled by these otherwise friendly and peaceful people - who were in effect, defending their home against foreign oppressors. It put me in mind of the World War I in Europe, where a bunch of power-hungry (very) wealthy people sacrificed almost an entire generation to death in the name of national pride.

Will we ever learn?

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C Saunders's avatar

Thank you for the description of the area - fascinating but also somewhat saddening when I think back to the news of the times. My uncle was in the USAF and was sent there (invalided out with a terrible infection of the brain) and had made arrangements with my parents to send his son to live with us if his draft came up.

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