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Slide Show: Memories of American Community School as 3rd Field Hospital 1965-1966

Admin — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 03:04:04 +0000

This is the third of the three part 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 late 1965 to early 1966.

In this slide show you’ll see the old school buildings during the final [...]

Slide Show: Memories of Saigon Then and Now

Admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 05:32:46 +0000

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 [...]

Students Depart Saigon – February 1965

Admin — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:05:04 +0000

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 [...]

The ‘Ordinary Life’ of Americans In Saigon – 1964

Admin — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:05:27 +0000

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 [...]

Winning Friends and Influencing People – 1958 – Editorial

Admin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:05:22 +0000

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 [...]

Information Needed From ACS Students

Admin — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:15:17 +0000

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 weeks before the [...]

American Community School – Now In Wikipedia

Admin — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:22:25 +0000

Our American Community School in Saigon has now joined the ranks of the world’s largest encyclopedia – Wikepedia.

The article documents the history of ACS from the early days of home schooling through closing of the school in 1965, conversion to 3rd Field Hospital to present day usage of the compound buildings.

While Bruce [...]

Teen Years In Saigon A Different World

Admin — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:00:00 +0000

The Arizona Daily Star

Tuesday, July 11, 2000

Author: Bonnie Henry

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They were typical American teen-agers: playing softball, listening to old Buddy Holly records – and cowering in the kitchen ’til the machine guns fell silent.

For this was Saigon , early ’60s, in a country [...]

Wikipedia Entry – How to Create a New Article in Wikipedia

Kenneth R. Yeager — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:00:47 +0000

I just checked out Wikipedia for any reference to the American Community School Saigon – doesn’t exist. I have no idea how to go about this, but this would be great if we could start an entry.

Comments?

Ken

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Admin Note:

Ken – This is for you and others who might [...]

American Community School – The Missing Link

Admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:00:34 +0000

While researching and writing about the history of our American Community School the trail of information got a bit grey after the 1965 evacuation. About the only information available was the school buildings got hurriedly converted into an Army hospital – Third Field Hospital. Written and pictorial information was limited other then from a [...]

Stories Wanted for – SAIGON KIDS – The Book

Admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:00:15 +0000

For over 50 years Saigon Kids have existed, yet to this day “our story” has never been told to the world. We are the ‘forgotten ones’ who have been overshadowed by stories about everything under the sun of the Viet-nam era. No books have been written from the perspective of dependant children living in [...]

Were You There When The School Burned?

Admin — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:20:41 +0000

In the early days of ASC it burned down. Any guesses who torched it?!!! ha ha ha

Gene Taylor was there when the school burned. Read his comments about it by clicking here.

Gene is probably the oldest Saigon Kid in our Saigon Kids Community. Not by ‘age’ but by time frame he [...]

CLOD Removal – End of an Era

aliceahlgren — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:32:30 +0000

Well, once the CLODs were all deported… and Vietnamese-American relationships were “normalized”…things got very proper in Saigon. A new high school wing – Kennedy Hall – was dedicated in January 1964. Upon the completion of this 3-story!!!! building, high school students had to get up at 6:00 AM to get to school. There were [...]

ACS History (Continued) Part 2

Admin — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:35:24 +0000

The History Of Our School

Why are the following addresses of great significance to the American Community School: 10 Lanzarette, Norodom Compound, Stanvac Building, and 10 Tan Son Hoa? Between September of 1954 and July of 1959, these addresses were bound together by the constantly growing American Community School.

“What You Want, Wants You” … ACS History Revealed

Admin — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:09:17 +0000

For the past several years I’ve published an on-line newsletter about spiritual wisdom’s. One of the concepts I often talk about in it, is how everything and everyone in the universe are connected. Hence, “What you want, wants you” too. Think back over your life. How many times has there been something you wanted [...]