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