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Saigon Kid Steve Pryplesh brings us this awesome slide show presentation. He got it from and old Army buddy of his. It is quite a collection of pictures of Cap St-Jacques (Vung Tau), Saigon, Cho Lon and other sites around Viet-nam. They brought back many memories for Steve of 1959-61, 1971-72, and a visit [...] In April 2010 demolition began of the old Passage Eden, a central Saigon landmark. This short video shows areas of the building before all ‘tenants’ were ordered out on April 8th. At least 150 owners of apartments on floors three to five of the est. 1947 French colonial structure are resisting moves by the developer to force them to leave. Residents complain they are being offered about half market value on their flats. During the Vietnam War many journalists and broadcasters lived and worked in the Passage Eden. [1960-1975] Among other scenes, the video shows the shuttered Eden Room 422, the one time offices of the Associated Press. NBC News, the entrance covered by steel grating, was next door up until the end of 1975. I thought everyone might enjoy seeing Saigon the way it looked in 1955. This collection of films was taken in November 1955. Those of us Saigon Kids who were in Saigon prior to 1961, this is pretty much the way Saigon was when we were there. The rapid changes, in Saigon, seemed to have come after 1961 for the most part. Welcome to Saturday At The Movies with Saigon Kids. This week we’re at the Kinh Do Theater in old Saigon since this film is about the leader of the people who were responsible for the bombing of the theater. Continue reading Kinh Do Theater Saigon – Now Playing: Man Of The Month – Ho Chi Minh Have you ever wondered what went on in Viet-nam and Saigon during the period between World War II and the mid to late 1950s when Americans started arriving in Viet-nam – and why? I did, in my continuing quest to learn how I became a Saigon Kid. This took me on a journey of discovery about why and how America even became so heavily involved in Viet-nam and Southeast Asia in the first place. All I’d ever heard was “to stop the spread of communism”, which always seemed reallyyyy vague to me. I mean, really now, what was so important about gaining and maintaining control of this country (Viet-nam) that few people in the USA had even ever heard of and was just a speck on the globe. |
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