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Vietnam Journal of a Soldier’s Return to Sites of War and Peace
Retired editor Jack Swickard recounts a Vietnam trip visiting Quang Binh Province Giap’s boyhood home and the 17th Parallel. He describes Phong Nha Ke Bang, Hue The Citadel and Da Nang, plus Ho Chi Minh City life and Bien Hoa. Swickard notes Vietnamese courtesy toward returning American veterans.
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Hanoi
Truc
Dinh Ngoc Hung
Vietnam
True
Dong Hoi
Saigon Phong Nha Hotel
Phong Nha-Ke Bang
Gen
Giap
Quang Binh Province
North
South
Quang Tri
People’s Army
Cambodia
Hue
Imperial City
Citadel
People’s Army of
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
da Nang
Hoi An
Quy Nhon
Nha Trang
Phan Thiet
Ken Batholomew
Ken
Baltimore
Tom Baca
Saigon
South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City
HCMC
Bien Hoa
118Th Assault
London
Paris
New York
Indochina
Caravelle
Barcelona
Nguyen Hue
Saigon River
City Hall
Notre Dame Cathedral
Independence Palace
America
Esplanade
Jack Swickard
Roswell