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By Ken Yeager
Well, it’s Sunday again, the snow finally stopped but it is cold and gray outside and I am warm inside with absolutely no intention of venturing outside to do anything.
So what shall we talk about today and why am I doing this? One reason for doing this, I suppose, is that Bob has sort of taken a writing holiday and when he is writing he usually goes off on an intellectual slant (for example, How Opium Led You To Becoming a Saigon Kid). I can’t compete with that so I just ramble with whatever comes to mind, or for today, I made a small list of things that I could ramble on about, so here goes. However, be advised this missive today is only for those with nothing better to do!!! Continue reading Sunday In Germany: Lessons from Saigon, Books, Newspapers, TV, Diets and Web Sites
Judy attended American Community School in Saigon and later spend a couple years in Dalat.
She’ll be returning to Saigon in a few weeks. While there she is hoping to find her old house. She’d appreciate any help you can provide.
CLICK HERE to view her comments.
Welcome to our Saigon Kids blog, Judy. Please feel free to visit often.
Bob
PS: It also, appears her father was Ken’s history teacher in Dalat.
Have you ever wondered what went on in Viet-nam and Saigon during the period between World War II and the mid to late 1950s when Americans started arriving in Viet-nam – and why?
I did, in my continuing quest to learn how I became a Saigon Kid.
This took me on a journey of discovery about why and how America even became so heavily involved in Viet-nam and Southeast Asia in the first place. All I’d ever heard was “to stop the spread of communism”, which always seemed reallyyyy vague to me. I mean, really now, what was so important about gaining and maintaining control of this country (Viet-nam) that few people in the USA had even ever heard of and was just a speck on the globe.
During my quest for information about why one day my dad came home and said, out of the blue, to my mom and I while eating dinner, “How would you like to go to Indochina?”. To which we replied, “Where!?! Where is it!?! What is it!?! Why!?! I’ve never heard of it!!” … I kept coming across references to opium trade, golden triangle, Continue reading How Opium Led To You Becoming A Saigon Kid
Greg Moore has joined us in the Blogosphere. Greg was at ACS during 1964 and 1965.
Greg is now living in Washington State with his wife Sandi. I’ll let him fill you in on the rest of the details of his life since departing Saigon.
He has quite a collection of American Community School and Saigon memorabilia which he’ll be graciously sharing with all of us Saigon Kids.
He is in the process of scanning and converting them to eBook (pdf format) and will be forwarding them to me as he completes them. Once received I’ll be uploading them to the blog for your viewing pleasure.
The items he has include the following: Continue reading Greg Moore Joins Blog
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