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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 Newspapers: Bamboo Beacon 1962

Admin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:50:59 +0000

The Bamboo Beacon 1962 school newspapers are now in the ACS Library (located on the Menu on the right side of this page).

This eBook contains issues from January 19th through April 6, 1962.

The eBooks “Bamboo Beacon 1961″ and “Bamboo Beacon 1962″ contain all the issues of the newspaper for the school year [...]

ACS Newspapers: Bamboo Beacon – 1961

Admin — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:51:13 +0000

Now in the ACS Library: 1961 Bamboo Beacon school newspapers.

All of the 1961 Bamboo Beacon school newspapers have been converted to an eBook. They are located under the ACS Library on the Menu over there on the right side of this page.

This eBook includes the first Bamboo Beacon (September 15, 1961 through [...]

Bamboo Beacon 2/4/64

aliceahlgren — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:33:01 +0000

Mornin’ Everyone,

Sounds like Bob has mountains of info to scan so before I send off my precious Bamboo Beacons to him I thought I’d share an article or two with you all (I was the typist for the Beacon in 63). This is from Sherry Penney…Feb. 1964:

ALUMNI GREETINGS

A little belatedly, I [...]

Ken Yeager: “The Palace Is BOMBED”

Admin — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:51:26 +0000

This is a transcript from February 27, 1962 of ACS Saigon news reporter Ken Yeager:

EXTRA THE PALACE IS BOMBED

We came to school Tuesday morning as casual as ever with toast in our hands howling “wait for me!” after the departing buses. We got to school and noted the general weather [...]