I’m sure we all recall, from the days of our youth, spending Saturday afternoons at the movies when we were younger. As we moved into our teens – Saturday nights at the movie theater was a place we could meet up with our friends (and, hopefully our latest *crush*). Ahh … those sweet memories of [...]
Have you ever wondered what “really” happened concerning the Capital Kinh Do Theater bombings? Or, the Pershing Field Sports Stadium bombing? Or, the U.S. Embassy bombing? Or, the Floating Restaurant bombing? Or, the many, many other bombings and terrorist acts that took place in Saigon and Viet-nam?
Once again Kathy’s continuing research has paid off concerning [...]
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I’m a newbie to the site—was a youngster during ‘62 (4th or 5th grade…!) I remember my family and I trying to go to the Kinh Do Theater to see a show after having dinner at the Brinks BOQ. We met the school superintendent and his wife coming up the stairs and we all chatted [...]
Mary-Anne (Purvis) Sullivan here. Saigon 1962-1964 (ACS grades 5 & 6).
I was researching the first bombing in hopes of getting some dates clear and luckily/happily stumbled upon this cite, decided to register. I read several of the blog comments on the first bombing of the movie theater and remember it a bit differently [...]
Saigon slumbered on a Sunday morning in the spring of 1964. The
so-called Paris of the Orient was quiet after the preceding night’s weekend
revelry. Broad boulevards stood still, rows of tamarind trees reflecting morning
dew as the tropical sun began its rise over the tiled roofs of villas, business
establishments, and squatter camps that characterized the capitol of [...]
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