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44th Anniversary: ’68 Tet Offensive

Admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:14:52 +0000

by Frank Stoddard

Part of the many Saigon Kids experience is the “war”.

Today (1/31/2012) is the 44th anniversary of the ’68 Tet offensive.

I remember it like it was yesterday. Time has really traveled fast.

I was in Hue/Phu Bia at the time.

All those guys that died back [...]

Saigon Kid Obituary: Sondra Shankey Ewell

Admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:05:57 +0000

The GECKO Year Book - 1960 - Sondra Ann Shankey is our Spanish-speaking friend; Such a pretty girl, an engineer, we cannot comprehend. We see instead for her ahead a modeling career; Or marriage to a rootin' tootin' Spanish buccaneer.

I am so very sorry to let the Saigon Kids know that Sondra [...]

Monument Fire: Frank and Family Evacuate Home

Admin — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 14:09:50 +0000

I just received a message from Frank saying he got back Thursday night (June 16th) from his 8th annual Europe trip with 13 teenage students from the school where he teaches.

Upon arrival they were greeted by the *Monument Fire* rapidly moving toward their homes in Hereford,AZ. and mandatory evacuation of all residents.

Frank [...]

Hawaii 5-0 Returns with 2nd Generation Saigon Kid Artworks

Admin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:26:49 +0000

As many of you may already know, the Hawaii 5-0 TV series will be making a come back on CBS TV. It will be a larger production this time with more action and more of a CSI theme.

2nd generation Saigon Kid Salis (Frank’s son) was recently contact about having a couple of his [...]

Frankie and The Teenagers off to Europe

Admin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:33:00 +0000

Frank is once again off on his annual trip to Europe with a group of teenage students.

As you’ll recall last year he sent pictures as they travelled around Europe. He’ll be doing it again this year.

So stay tuned to see what interesting places they visit this year.

Click the *Headline* above to [...]

Second Generation Saigon Kids In Katmandu

Admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:01:05 +0000

Okay, so you are sitting there wondering what the heck are *Second Generation* Saigon Kids.

Well … they are the off-spring of First Generation Saigon Kids (you know like you are First Generation and your children are Second Generation Saigon Kids). Duh! I guess that wasn’t rocket science – now was it!?! – LOL

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Old Photographs – SO Young

frank stoddard — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:05:46 +0000

I was looking at old pictures. I have so many!! Love the clothing styles in this photo … especially Sarah’s!

Left to Right: Veny, Sarah and Susie

Frank

Teen Years In Saigon A Different World

Admin — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:00:00 +0000

The Arizona Daily Star

Tuesday, July 11, 2000

Author: Bonnie Henry

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They were typical American teen-agers: playing softball, listening to old Buddy Holly records – and cowering in the kitchen ’til the machine guns fell silent.

For this was Saigon , early ’60s, in a country [...]

Dalida – Born to Sing

Admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:24:46 +0000

Today Frank sent a picture of him standing next to the bust of Dalida in Montmartre. You can view it by clicking here.

This got me thinking about Dalida and her music – and how every so often a person comes along who was born to sing, and through their music they change the [...]

Beer, Babes and Baseball … and not necessarily in that order!!!!!

Admin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:22:49 +0000

How the “Saigon Teenager Softball Team” came about!

I know this sounds surprising, but Bob, Larry Smith and myself would sometimes ditch school. We would go into the “boy’s room” have a cigarette and wait for a class to start. We would look down the open-air hallway and when it was all clear [...]

Frank: In The Middle of Montana – It’s Up To YOU!

Admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:24:49 +0000

Gosh! In 1996 I went with my wife Susan to her 30th class reunion in Conrad, Montana. I had a wonderful time, but when it was over I told her that I was sad because I really want to have a reunion with my Saigon friends, but could not. Yes, I was feeling sorry [...]

Frank Goes On Road Trip: Ends Up ACROSS the Ocean

Admin — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:21:26 +0000

(Note: This was originally left by Frank as a Comment to another Post. I’ve moved it here as a Post to keep it from getting lost in the Blog Archives where few would find it. You can view the original post HERE – Admin )

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Seems like I have been very busy for [...]

FREE Set of 3 CD’s for ALL ‘Registered’ members of our Blog

Admin — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:03:09 +0000

Frank has made a set of 3 CD’s which he is making available to ALL REGISTERED MEMBERS of our Blog … F.R.E.E. …

For those of you that don’t know, Frank is a history and old music nut. For lack of a better name he calls this set of 3 CD’s “ERA #1,#2 [...]

Mimi says …

Admin — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:54:20 +0000

Mimi wrote these Comments under another Post on the Blog which will probably get buried in the Archives. But, her comments cover several other Posts with information that I think will be of interest to all … So, I’m Posting them here as a separate posts for all to see …

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“JEAN” in [...]

Kathy asks about – Ba Muoi Ba Beer

Admin — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:53:36 +0000

Kathy asked this question about Ba Muoi Ba beer …

Question: I remember being told that Ba Muoi Ba beer meant 33 in Vietnamese, and that number represented the percentage of formaldehyde in the beer.

Do you know if this is true?

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Kathy, the original Ba Muoi Ba beer’s actual name was “33 [...]