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Dad can tell about
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the memories of when Dad grew up in Da Nang
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during that war time
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According to Dad's memory, he realized that
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our family, my family, uh
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Dad's family
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Grandfather had 4 children
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and one person died in the resistance war against France
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and one person
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after
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Diem's regime, one of the sons
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the youngest son of, of my grandfather's brother
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my grandfather's brother went to serve
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for the Republic of Vietnam
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with the rank of
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non-commissioned officer in charge of military supplies
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meaning stationed at the base in Chu Lai
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so in that period
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many people
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followed this regime or that regime, so
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it was mandatory due to circumstances only
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you have to serve for one
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where you are, you have to serve there
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otherwise, they would also draft you into the army
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if you volunteer
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the regime takes care of the family more
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in fact
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only my uncle went, but he
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was able to support his wife and children, two, three, four
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that was the treatment of
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of the government of the Republic of Vietnam
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a soldier can support his whole family
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as far as Dad knows
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the communist side did not have such a policy
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people only go for the goal, for the call only
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but there are no benefits
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uh
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talking about our family situation, our family
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at that time
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the house of
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we were on National Highway 1
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located on the edge
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Da Nang Airport
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meaning the National Highway 1 goes across
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then on the left is the US military airport area
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so uh
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when I was little, although I was young
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but Dad also witnessed
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police officers and soldiers
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driving military vehicles past our house
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and those
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frequent marches passing by our house
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then actually, Dad's memory is
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that time is also a bit vague
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but there are memories that Dad only clearly remembers
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is that in our family's house
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there is a bunker
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that that blockhouse
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like a C-shaped blockhouse
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the iron arches used in the Dien Bien Phu battle
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every house had one
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because often Dad would hear gunshots and artillery
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Grandpa would tell everyone to run in
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hide in that bunker
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to avoid bombs and bullets
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who was shooting, Dad?
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probably the Viet Cong
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that's right
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at that time
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there was there was a lot
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of shelling by the Communists from Hai Van Pass
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and one time Dad was coming home from school
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a lot of shelling, Dad still had to run home
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and on the way, hearing gunshots exploding
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bombs falling, it was very very scary
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terrified, in general, children don't know anything
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but hearing gunshots, I was very scared
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when it was near liberation, the war was very
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unsettling and people were very worried
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our house is
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Dad, let me say again, our house is a business family
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we trade in building materials
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building materials and
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generally all electrical equipment
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building materials, steel, cement
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trading on Highway 1
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then that area is mixed with
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a family housing area
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meaning there were family housing for soldiers' families
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and residential areas too
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but if you go outside the city's belt
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about 10 15 kilometers then
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that place is called the white zone
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that area is the area of people between two sides
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mixed together
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so it's very dangerous
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because those areas are rural
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on the
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Communist Vietnam side, they operated with the people
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a lot among the people
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and people often enter the city at night
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if there is war and fighting, then
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planting bombs, bombing, and laying mines
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then people enter the city and retreat during the day
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at that time, it was special, BA witnessed it too
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Republic of Vietnam soldiers, they
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when they came back from sweeping, they drank alcohol
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and it easily led to hot conflicts and fights
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it was very common to see many people fighting
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BA will talk about the day of March 29th
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liberation day
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when the liberation army advanced into Da Nang
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and when the puppet army withdrew
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fled and retreated, during that period
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then there began a phenomenon called instability, chaos
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in general, people were very scared
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those warehouses, rice warehouses, goods warehouses
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were all destroyed and looted
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not by the communists, listen
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like during that period, bad people, criminals
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criminals, they
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would spread
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they went around robbing
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in general, looting spread
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when the liberation army advanced and passed by my house
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BA stood in front with BA's parents, people
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stood in front to watch
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we watched out of curiosity
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then the tank
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the tanks, they were very, very big tanks
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the tanks rumbled, rumbled, rumbled
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in rows and rows and rows of tanks entered
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into Da Nang city, then
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at that time
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I looked at the soldiers
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very serious
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I felt very scared, but
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after a while, after a few days of liberation
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after the communists took the city, they
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started to gather the people
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all those people like
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like uncles who went to the army had to study for 3 days
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3 days of studying, reforming those people who
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had low positions then
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study for 3 days, study reform
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like studying and reforming ideology
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after that, they were allowed to go home and do business
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but there were many people at that time
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with too many crimes or high-ranking soldiers then
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they would definitely be reformed, but for longer
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then, then after that, two soldiers will
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appear in our house.
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and the two soldiers come and stay with
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the people, they have a way where they
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both check on and build relationships.
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with the people. So, the two soldiers
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staying in our house are very normal.
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Generally, like normal civilians,
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they're very folksy.
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We eat whatever they eat,
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and generally, there isn't any action
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that could be called robbing or oppressing
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us at all. Generally, they're just like
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normal civilians.
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After liberation, the lives of the people
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became very difficult,
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very difficult, very miserable.
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Economically, almost every household was
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exhausted. The state policy at that time
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did not encourage business,
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and almost abandoned trade altogether,
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abandoned free enterprise altogether,
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but joined cooperatives.
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Meaning, my parents and grandfather joined
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the rice cooperative. We will open a rice
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husking mill. Rice was very scarce then.
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At that time, people did not...
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did not encourage.
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For example, the building materials store
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of my parents did not sell,
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almost didn't sell at all.
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Almost not allowed to do business.
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That was a mistaken policy.
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That stage was a mistaken policy because
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at that time, the market economy was not
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yet recognized by the state, do you
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understand? Meaning, everything had to be
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cooperative, people had to work by points,
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numbers, and labor.
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So it was like...
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hindering free trade.
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So, at that time, people were
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attacking the bourgeoisie.
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Attacking the bourgeoisie, but...
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my parents were also among the
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bourgeoisie. Then people encouraged
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increased production, like my grandfather
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and father. That is, our family had to go
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up to Phuoc Tuong mountain.
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Meaning, we had to reclaim land.
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then it's about 5 kilometers away, we Leo up
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on the mountain, we cultivate it ourselves.
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creating material wealth to support ourselves.
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Secondly, at that time
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in '78, China
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and the US were trading.
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shook hands and opposed the Soviet Union.
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Vietnam was influenced by the Soviet Union.
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China started attacking in the North.
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and on the Southwestern border, Cambodia attacked.
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Imagine a country that had just been liberated
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had to face another war.
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At that time, on the Southwestern border
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Dad also heard about it
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the village of Ba Chuc
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Khmer Rouge soldiers came and killed a whole village
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and young students aged 5-7
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He threw them into the sky
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He took spears and stabbed them upwards.
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very brutal
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A whole village of 3,000 people died.
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At that time, Vietnam fought Khmer Rouge.
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fighting at the border
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In the Southwest, they occupied Cambodia, then China
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attacked on the northern border.
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At that time, the main force of Vietnam was in Cambodia
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forced to have militia in the North
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to fight China and hold out.
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After that, it seemed like there was help from the USSR
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The Soviet Union held exercises in the North
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border with China
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China started withdrawing troops
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And Dad will say more about the war after the year
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after liberation
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Dad has many impressions of the aftermath of war
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Dad once went to the funerals of two of his friends
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who died because of bombs
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2 friends brought bombs and ammunition home to burn
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At that time, the Vietnamese economy was very slow
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people lived by very
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many occupations
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For example, they imported war scrap
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Do you know about importing war scrap?
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For example, they brought bombs home
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people just
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smelted the iron and then poured it into
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iron and steel, they sell it for construction
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then those
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materials in the war like nylon bags
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then everything has to be
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like war materials can all be traded.
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everything can be traded, so it became
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so that became
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many people died because of bombs and mines.
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because at that time many people brought
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bombs and mines back and sawed them open.
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people took the explosives to make things.
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those were ordinary people, not experts.
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they took the explosives and sold them.
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at that time they had to find every job
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after that life was very miserable.
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when the American army was stationed,
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stationed in Da Nang, what did your father see?
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generally speaking, how did the people feel?
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generally speaking, how did people feel then?
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the US military was in
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in '72 the US military withdrew already
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I only saw very few American soldiers.
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like only advisors and experts were left.
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there were almost no American soldiers.
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but one thing I knew was
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American soldiers often used drugs, you know?
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at that time I saw that
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there were a lot on the street
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almost everywhere I went I saw
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those kinds of needles
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and those things
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those tubes of medicine.
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only as small as this finger.
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containing drugs.
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so I saw them lying around on the road a lot.
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after fighting they would
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go there to eat, drink beer, and go out.
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but if talking about the liberation army
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I didn't see it.
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talking about the communist side, they were
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there was almost no chance
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of drinking beer and getting drunk like that.
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they absolutely forbade it.
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absolutely no beer or alcohol.
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almost everyone I met at that time
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I never saw that
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on the communist army side they say that
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discipline is the strength of the army.
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they were extremely strict.
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on the other side, the Republic of Vietnam
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soldiers would come back and be very arrogant.
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they would fight over the smallest things.
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I have witnessed it before.
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wounded soldiers sitting in wheelchairs
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People came into my grandmother's store.
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People asked for money.
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Without it, they became aggressive.
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It was very scary.
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Like extortion, we gave to keep the peace.
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Because of their life circumstances.
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They were also in dire straits.
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Most feared were the disabled veterans.
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Did you have a way of talking with
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American or ARVN soldiers, or
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Communist soldiers?
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Did you have a way of communicating?
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Yes, I did.
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I have communicated.
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Generally, from my perspective,
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communicating with Communist soldiers, yes.
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Because they were in our house.
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The soldiers were very lovely.
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They even held me.
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But back then, communicating with ARVN soldiers,
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we even had one in our house.
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He, generally speaking,
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had the headstrong personality of a soldier.
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Did you ever tell stories about going to
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bases, like the airport, to play?
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How old were you then?
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I was about 6 years old then.
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I was in the same class as a friend.
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His father was an officer in the
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ARVN army.
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He used his private car to pick up his child.
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Picking up his friend, he often took me to
the airport to play.
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I mainly saw fences there.
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Wire fences, anti-climb fences.
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Many rolls stacked on top of each other.
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And many layers.
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Inside the airport, there were
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many bunkers and ammunition depots.
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Military depots, fuel depots, everything.
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At that time, did
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you know what your family or people
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thought about
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American soldiers or the government back then?
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Back then,
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if we're being honest, the people,
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they actually,
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they wanted peace to do business.
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Not everyone wanted war.
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From my point of view,
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Vietnam had fallen into a
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the political landscape of great power struggles
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or rather, two ideologies
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ideological struggle: communism and capitalism
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ultimately, all wars fall upon the people
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the people bear the consequences first
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17-18 year olds who know nothing
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die on the battlefield right away
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so, from your perspective, Dad
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Dad opposes war
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in any form
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Dad thinks America failed in Vietnam
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partly because of
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misunderstanding, because really
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Dad thinks Vietnam doesn't follow capitalism
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nor communism
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but follows nationalism
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That's it. Dad just hopes as an ordinary person
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Dad just hopes there are no more wars
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Only
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Only peace and bringing happiness to people
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That's it. Dad thinks
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our country has forgotten the wounds of 50 years
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as for your young generation
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continue to strive to study and develop careers
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build the country and help
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help with the
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Vietnam's international relations are increasingly
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sublime
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Dad sends greetings to everyone
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your teachers and friends
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wishing everyone health, peace and happiness