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French Tri-Car In Vietnam: 100 Years Ago

Annam 1905 Gabrielle Vasscal Driving Tri-Car. Click to Enlarge

In her book On and Off Duty in Annam (1910) Gabrielle Vassal tells of her and her husband’s rather eventful journey from Nha Trang to Daban in their new Tri-Car.

Not being familiar with the term Tri-Car I was wondering if it would have [...]

READERS CORNER: Saigon and Viet Nam at the turn of the century (1900)

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Title: On and Off Duty in Annam (1910)

Subject: Great “turn of the century (1900)” tour of Viet Nam – Travel, Social Life and Customs.

Author: Gabrielle M. Vassal

Review: This is a great read for anyone with an interest in Viet Nam. The book is the travel narrative [...]

READERS CORNER: Laugther In The Shadows: A CIA Memoir

Saigon Kid Laurie Methven kindly shares this book her father wrote. My Dad was CIA for over 27 years; of course I didn’t find out until I was a teenager. At any rate, he has written a book which is on the lighter side of the CIA called *Laughter in the Shadows* and Vietnam [...]

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by Ken Yeager

While the INTERNET allows me to keep up with much that goes on in the United States, what I do miss is the opinions of those whom I value and those are you folks who I shared some of my youth with (my youth being up until a couple of years [...]

Saigon Kid Peter Brownell: Father’s Recollections

Jerry and Lincoln Brownell

As mentioned in a previous Post on our blog, Peter’s father (Lincoln C. Brownell) recently passed away at the age of 96. Over a several year period prior to his passing he compiled his memoirs: personal recollections of a long life around the world and of a family centered [...]