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By Bruce Thomas Fifty years ago my family departed the shores of the United States for Saigon, the capital of what was then South Vietnam. Most of our friends asked, “Where?” At that time, Southeast Asia was not a familiar piece of the globe for Americans. After I finished my first year of high school in [...] UPDATE Feb. 18, 2010 Research Completed Mystery Solved Click Here to learn what really happened As you may have read HERE , Bruce has done considerable research in an attempt to verify the story about a teenager who set himself on fire in Saigon in 1963 – hoping to identify him. Some of you may have noticed whenever I leave Comments on the Blog a little picture of a Gecko shows up next to my Comment. Or, that recently Bruce added his ACS Class picture to show next to his Comments. And, if you visit many blogs on the Internet, you’ve probably noticed many of the [...] 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 was compiling the [...] I found this picture in the collection of photos from the French journalist Francois Sully that are online thru the library at the Univ. of Massachusetts. It’s undated, but says it’s American Boyscouts at Nha Trang. I wonder if Harrison Shaffer is one of those pictured. Bruce |
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