Recollections, photos and videos of South Vietnam during the war
This blog relates the author's experiences in South Vietnam during the years 1965-75. This is accompanied by about 130 photos, most by the author.
The blog may be found at:
http://vnpersonalwar.blogspot.com
It is thanks to learning about blogging, and the passage of time, more than thirty years, that I am now able to put down in a blog my story of events of more than thirty years ago.
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The monument to the South Vietnamese dead
This monument no longer exists. It was destroyed just after the fall of Saigon in 1975
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Some books on Vietnam I liked.
The first three of these books I read when I arrived in South Vietnam.The second three were after the war.
Novel without a name was the most moving, but one needed the background of the others.
The Smaller Dragon by Joseph Buttinger
Village in Vietnam by Gerald Cannon Hickey
Vietnam by Do Van Minh
Vo Nguyen Giap by Cecil B Currey
Novel without a name by Dung Thu Huong
Great Stuff on Amazon
The Killing Zone: My Life in the Vietnam War
Amazon Price: $10.85 (as of 07/11/2009) 
Blood Trails: The Combat Diary of a Foot Soldier in Vietnam
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 07/11/2009)
Vietnam Wars 1945-1990
Amazon Price: $13.45 (as of 07/11/2009)
Vietnam memories
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Frankster wrote...
Nice job. I remember when my dad was in Viet Nam. It was a pretty scary time. This brings back good memories of his return to the family. 5 stars. Bear hugs, Frankster aka Bear Meister aka Cat-Woman
Posted February 05, 2009
Frankster wrote...
Nice job. I remember when my dad was in Viet Nam. It was a pretty scary time. This brings back good memories of his return to the family. 5 stars. Bear hugs, Frankster aka Bear Meister aka Cat-Woman
Posted February 05, 2009
GHouse wrote...
Hi!! Just come to see your nice lens. I did my travel lens too. It's about my hotel in hua hin Thailand. Hua Hin is a charming town of clean white sandy beach. If you come to Thailand, please visit us.
Posted November 23, 2008
duckingforks wrote...
Great lense! And your blog is quite amazing. Im ex Australian Army (1990-2000) and now live in Vietnam. The stories, tales and photos I have heard are truly amazing. Keep up the great work, I look forward to reading more of your writings.
Thanks,
Adam
Posted December 20, 2007
Armand wrote...
I'm sure painful memories are coming back, but sharing the Vietnam experience should remind us that war is dirty...Great lens! You can visit mine
Posted August 10, 2007
Vietnam. Memories 1965 to 1975
South Vietnam. A personal experience
A account accompanied by photos of the author's life in South Vietnam between 1965 ana 1975
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Life in South Vietnam. 1965 to 1975
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Song of Vietnam
Songs, old and new of Vietnam
- VN Songs
- A website devoted to my favourite music of Vietnam. Then and now. The 'then' being before 1975. My favourite singers from the past and some superb new ones.
- VNsongBlog
- A blog on Vietnamese singers and songs that accompanies the website of the same name.
South Vietnamese Military Cemetery
The ARVN memorial to the war is rotting away
South Vietnam National Military Cemetery (1994)
This 1994 video records an American army veteran as he pays respect to fallen soldiers of the former Republic of Vietnam.
Runtime: 9:45
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Vietnamese songs
Some of my favourite music from Vietnam
Memories of a Vietnam at war and at peace.
From the author's own photos
In Search of Vietnam
Photos and memories from Vietnam and Saigon during the war. 1967-1975. The music is from an old cassette of before 1975.
Runtime: 8:05
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Scenes from Phan Thiet, 1968
Everyday life in a country at war
Scenes from Phan Thiet, Viet Nam,early 1968
Photos taken in Phan Thiet during the fighting of 1968. The town, the refugees, the airfield.
Runtime: 3:18
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New YouTube vids
In Search of a lost Vietnam.
Photos and memories from before and after the war of 1965-1975. Music from an old pre-1975 cassette.
Runtime: 2:19
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Vietnam of long ago
Scenes from a forgotten Vietnam
Decca Navigator, Vietnam
Photos from Saigon, Tay Ninh, Van Kiep, Vung Tau and Phan Thiet
Decca Navigator link
- Decca J Proc
- The best Decca Navigator website I have come across on the net. Technical details, history of Decca and information on its operations.
16th Signals company, United States army
- Decca Bokor
- Website about the 16th Signals company of the United States army which worked alongside Decca personnel in Vietnam
Vietnamese books
Crossing the River: Short Fiction by Nguyen Huy Thiep (Voices from Vietnam)
Amazon Price: $12.71 (as of 07/11/2009)
The General Retires and Other Stories
Amazon Price: (as of 07/11/2009)
NGUYEN HUY THIEP : Tuyen Tap Truyen Ngan
Amazon Price: (as of 07/11/2009)
La Vengeance du loup
Amazon Price: (as of 07/11/2009)
L'Or et le feu, suivi de "Gens d'autrefois"
Amazon Price: (as of 07/11/2009)
Modern Vietnam & France
Books & literature
éditions de l'aube
translated from the Vietnamese into French by
Sean James Rose
Nguyên Huy Thiêp is considered one of today's greatest Vietnamese writers.
Sean James Rose was born in Saigon and lives in France
He has just published his first novel
Et nos amours
éditions Denoël
Song of Vietnam group on Ning
The object is to gather as much material, photos, music, videos and stories as possible.
This is either on the Vietnam of today or from the past.
Song of Vietnam
New group on Ning
- SofV Ning
- A group on Ning called Song of Vietnam to collect photos, videos, music and stories from Vietnam
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