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Slide Show: Memories of Saigon Then and Now

This is the second in a series of slide shows contributed by Pastor Tom Johnson who was assigned to the 3rd Field Hospital (formerly American Community School) as a Chaplin’s Assistant and Medic from 1965 to 1966.

When his son learned he was planning a visit to Viet-nam, in February 2008, he suggested taking pictures of [...]

Students Depart Saigon – February 1965

TIME

Friday, Feb. 19, 1965

Foreign Relations: A Look Down That Long Road

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” … To give the U.S. more flexibility in Viet Nam, Johnson ordered all 1,819 dependents of Government and military personnel out of the country—a move long opposed by Taylor and Westmoreland. “We have no choice now,” explained the [...]

The ‘Ordinary Life’ of Americans In Saigon – 1964

New York Times – September 27, 1964

SAIGON.

LAST November, when all the world’s newspapers were full of the coup in South Vietnam, the deaths of President Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu, the second-graders in Room 7 of the American Community School of Saigon decided to put out their own newspaper. CLICK HERE [...]

Winning Friends and Influencing People – 1958 – Editorial

You find interesting things while surfing the Internet researching Saigon Kids and ACS. Here is an Editorial from “Times Of Vietnam” giving an interesting perspective about Americans in Viet-nam.

While reading this article “The Ugly American” came to mind.

I found this article interesting, as during the many, many years during my adult life I [...]

Information Needed From ACS Students

Any Saigon Kids who attended ACS during late 1964 to its closing in February 1965 we need to pick your brain for information – LOL

In 1964 construction was started on the final building which was added to the ACS compound. It was completed in late January 1965 about 2 [...]