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AP Vietnam correspondent George Esper dies at 79
RICHARD PYLE From Associated Press February 03, 2012 7:43 PM EST
George Esper, the tenacious Associated Press correspondent who refused to leave his post in the last days of the Vietnam War, remaining behind to cover the fall of Saigon, has died. He was [...]
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 [...]
Father of Saigon Kid Suellen (Oliver) Campbell
Commander James "Jim" A. Oliver, Jr.
Commander James “Jim” A. Oliver, Jr., United States Navy, retired, 94, of Beaumont, died Monday, October 31, 2011, at The Village at Gleannlock Farms in Spring. Born July 9, 1917, in Orange, to Fannie Beatrice Newport Oliver and James Alexander Oliver, [...]
During the days of our youth while living in Saigon many of us were part of a group known as The Clods: non-conformist who thought differently from the masses.
Our idols were James Dean and Elvis – the rebel non-conformists of our time who thought differently.
Years later, after we had all left Saigon [...]
JILL LAWLESS From Associated Press October 02, 2011 10:59 AM EDT
LONDON (AP) — Photographer Robert Whitaker, who shot some of the most famous — and infamous — images of The Beatles, has died at the age of 71.
Whitaker’s friend, photo archivist Dave Brolan, said he died of cancer Sept. 20 in Sussex, [...]
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