My Lai Massacre
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In the news today, we read about stock market ups and downs, a VP pick and the need to floss often (TIME). Then, though rarely, I clicked on Google News, Vietnam-related items, among which, this. https://thebrunswicknews.com/news/local_news/column-perspective-the-death-of-the-best-known-vietnam-veteran/article_55a8efa2-533a-11ef-b514-d751e9f45001.html It was about My Lai, and the atrocity that took place there. I guess at the time, “Mad Dog”…
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Besides fun, fear and need for recognition, each of us is motivated by an unique set of triggers. Some are expressive e.g. talk it out to then realize what they think. Analytical people, however, weigh the pros and cons before opening their mouths. Amiable people just empathize, feely-touchy and are good listeners Social folks love…
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I was waiting for my scooter ride outside Cho Ray Hospital when a peddler approached me. “Want to pick something to read?”. Turned out, she was selling used books, in a box: Cu Chi Tunnel, My Lai Massacre, When Heaven and Earth Changed Places, Sorrows of War, Understanding Vietnam… Those subjects are now as old…
Thang Nguyen 555 