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 [...]

NAME THIS NEWSPAPER CONTEST
Alice - in Wonderland - holds in her lovely hands the February 22, 1964 issue of a newspaper published weekly for the Armed Forces in Vietnam. The headline reads:
Terrorist Bomb at Movie Kills Three;
Heroic Marine Capt. Saves Many More.
What was the name of this weekly newspaper?
The Prize
The first person to name the [...]

Thank you Frank Stoddard for the information about thewall-usa.com. I did go to this site and look up Donald Koelper’s inscription.
Please everyone go to thewall-usa.com and look up Donald Koelper, Peter Feierabend, and William Reid. It moved me to tears. Please post a thank you comment or whatever else you think of. These names [...]

Wow! The reference to the Kinh Do bombing certainly brought lots of folks out of the shadows. Interesting to hear everyone’s stories. I remember Mike Cooper going to the movie that night without me (why did I ever date that guy?) and that my parents were there in the balcony. I [...]

The Bombed Out Theater …

Thanks Kathy for locating this picture.
Thank You, Frank for this information.
If you wish to thank or make comments about Donald Koelper, it is not to late. Go to the http://www.thewall-usa.com. Type in his name.
It looks like the other two that were killed were:
Peter Feierabend, U.S. Army and William Reid, U.S. [...]