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Humble family recalls Saigon life and wartime service
Mrs. M. Keith Humble, former president of the American Women’s Association in Saigon, reflects on life in Vietnam and her wartime roles. She and her husband, SIU Vocational Technical Institute leaders, describe gunfire distant from expatriate life, war charity work, and encounters with Vietnamese orphans aided by Mme. Ngai and Tom Dooley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Keith Humble
American Women’s Association of
Saigon
Orient
Southern Illinois University Vocational Technical Institute
Nancy Abazoris
Southern Illinois
Carterville
Vietnam
VTI
Ngai
Tom Dooley
Humble
Mme. Ngai
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Los Angeles
Calif
U.S. Naval Reserve
Navy
Norman, Okla
Naval Air Station
Kaneo Bay
Hawaii
University of Illinois
Illinois Institute of Technology
Unisity of California
SIU