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HUNTING IN VIETNAM 1960

Submitted by Frank Stoddard (ACS)

Information on Hunting In Vietnam 1960. Click on image to enlarge.

Found this in some of my Dad’s papers.

It was July 1960 when travel outside of Saigon was only permitted for official travel.

Also, I heard some Americans ran into some communists while hunting that could […]

PREMIERA VIETNAM

A Musical Photography Journey Of Vietnam […]

Saigon Photographer Malcolm Wilde Browne Died

by Frank Stoddard, ACS

Malcolm Wilde Browne died this week. He took the picture of the monk burning himself by the Saigon Market in 1963. Many of you were probably in Saigon at that time. Do you remember Madame Nhu’s Bar B_que speech? My son and I saw the automobile the monk used to get […]

White Christmas: The Fall of Saigon

A short “documentary” about the fall of Saigon and the role that the Bing Crosby song, “White Christmas” played in this historic event. The recording was broadcast on the radio on April 30, 1975, as a secret, pre-arranged signal precipitating the U.S. evacuation of Saigon.

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French Tri-Car In Vietnam: 100 Years Ago

Annam 1905 Gabrielle Vasscal Driving Tri-Car. Click to Enlarge

In her book On and Off Duty in Annam (1910) Gabrielle Vassal tells of her and her husband’s rather eventful journey from Nha Trang to Daban in their new Tri-Car.

Not being familiar with the term Tri-Car I was wondering if it would have […]