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Author : Sarah S. Kilborne
Publisher : Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Political refugees
ISBN : 068980797X
Tells the story of a boy and his father who endure danger and difficulties when they escape by boat from Vietnam, spend days at sea, and then months in refugee camps before making their way to the United States.
Author : Ralph White
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781982195182
A “captivating” (The Washington Post) true story of “courage, resolve, and determination” (Christian Science Monitor), author Ralph White’s successful effort to save nearly the entire staff of the Saigon branch of Chase Manhattan bank and their families before the city fell to the North Vietnamese Army. In April 1975, Ralph White was asked by his boss to transfer from the Bangkok branch of the Chase Manhattan Bank to the Saigon Branch. He was tasked with closing the branch if and when it appeared that Saigon would fall to the North Vietnamese army and ensure the safety of the senior Vietnamese employees. But when he arrived, he realized the situation in Saigon was far more perilous than he had imagined. The senior staff members there urged him to evacuate the entire staff of the branch and their families, which was far more than he was authorized to do. Quickly he realized that no one would be safe when the city fell, and it was no longer a question of whether to evacuate but how. Getting Out of Saigon is an “edge-of-your-seat” (Oprah Daily) story of a city on the eve of destruction and the colorful characters who respond differently to impending doom. It’s a remarkable account of one man’s quest to save innocent lives not because he was ordered but because it was the right thing to do.
Author : James H. Willbanks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015076127763
Drawing upon both archival research and his own military experiences in Vietnam, Willbanks focuses on military operations from 1969 through 1975. He begins by analyzing the events that led to a change in U.S. strategy in 1969 and the subsequent initiation of Vietnamization. He then critiques the implementation of that policy and the combat performance of the South Vietnamese army (ARVN), which finally collapsed in 1975.
Author : Richard Vergette
Publisher : Aurora Metro Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1912430959
A moving new solo play about the legacy of a war that America wants to forget. Jimmy Vandenberg, a decorated Vietnam war veteran, works alone in his garage, servicing the classic American cars of his youth, while struggling to forget the traumas of war. Abandoned by a nation still shamed by defeat, Trump's call to 'Make America Great Again' speaks to Jimmy's anger and resentment - and he is hooked. His new-found politics drives a wedge between him and his wife, but a chance visit by the son of a fallen comrade makes him doubt his convictions and leads to a moment of understanding and redemption.
Author : Philip Steele
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781508170778
This compelling book makes readers think about the Vietnam War in a different way. It asks tough questions, such as if there was any benefit to a war that not only killed millions but also divided America, split generations, and created a rift between America and the rest of the world. With dynamic spreads featuring pictures and easy-to-follow text, this book will inspire readers not only to study history but also to ask the all-important critical questions about the past so that we don’t make the same mistakes.
Author : Thurston Clarke
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101872345
A MAIN SELECTION OF THE MILITARY BOOK CLUB A groundbreaking revisionist history of the last days of the Vietnam War that reveals the acts of American heroism that saved more than one hundred thousand South Vietnamese from communist revenge In 1973 U.S. participation in the Vietnam War ended in a cease-fire and a withdrawal that included promises by President Nixon to assist the South in the event of invasion by the North. But in early 1975, when North Vietnamese forces began a full-scale assault, Congress refused to send arms or aid. By early April that year, the South was on the brink of a defeat that threatened execution or years in a concentration camp for the untold number of South Vietnamese who had supported the government in Saigon or worked with Americans. Thurston Clarke begins Honorable Exit by describing the iconic photograph of the Fall of Saigon: desperate Vietnamese scrambling to board a helicopter evacuating the last American personnel from Vietnam. It is an image of U.S. failure and shame. Or is it? By unpacking the surprising story of heroism that the photograph actually tells, Clarke launches into a narrative that is both a thrilling race against time and an important corrective to the historical record. For what is less known is that during those final days, scores of Americans--diplomats, businessmen, soldiers, missionaries, contractors, and spies--risked their lives to assist their current and former translators, drivers, colleagues, neighbors, friends, and even perfect strangers in escape. By the time the last U.S. helicopter left Vietnam on April 30, 1975, these righteous Americans had helped to spirit 130,000 South Vietnamese to U.S. bases in Guam and the Philippines. From there, the evacuees were resettled in the U.S. and became American citizens, the leading edge of one of America's most successful immigrant groups. Into this tale of heroism on the ground Clarke weaves the political machinations of Henry Kissinger advising President Ford in the White House while reinforcing the delusions of the U.S. Ambassador in Saigon, who, at the last minute, refused to depart. Groundbreaking, page-turning, and authoritative, Honorable Exit is a deeply moving history of Americans at a little-known finest hour.
Author : Minh Thanh Nguyen
Publisher : NeWest Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : WISC:89066185349
Leaving Vietnam is the compelling autobiography of Minh Thanh Nguyen, whose childhood and adolescence coincided with the Vietname War and the Communist takeover after the fall of Saigon. Nguyen grew up in a war zone where he and his friends threw unexploded shells on open fires, just for fun. They later joined gangs that waylaid drunken American soldiers leaving them with nothing on but their dogtags. Despite all this turmoil, life had its moments of seeming normalcy. As a teenager, Nguyen became a Shaolin Kung Fu kickboxer, learned to repair and race perfromance motorcycles, fell in love. But the war was never far. Nguyen and his friends wer drafted and some, like his friend Trung, died fro a war in which they wanted no part. Nguyen became oobsessed with the idea of escape. In 1980 he made a final, wrenching decision to leave his family and native country. Under rifle fire from border guards, Nguyen and thirteen other terrified Vietamese fled by night on a tiny fishing boat, risking death by capture, starvation, or drowning, in the hope of a better life across the sea. Leaving Vietnamis a brutally honest and engrossing account of a very human life. Reading this book, we come to believe in the necessity of purpose, love, and hope, even in the midst of war.
Author : Gloria Whelan
Publisher : Yearling
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-24
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780307770189
"When Mai's family discovers that Vietnam government soldiers will soon apprehend her father and grandmother, the family slips away in the night. They trudge through the swamps of the Mekong Delta toward the sea. The gut-wrenching trip to Hong Kong is just another step toward a new life, which the family eventually finds. Whelan's characters are distinctive, and her story is riveting, haunting, and memorable, reflecting the human virtues of determination, hope, love, and courage in the face of the most devastating of circumstances and injustices."--Booklist.
Author : Ben Wood Johnson
Publisher : Eduka Solutions
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780997902877
Author : Charles Waugh,Huy Lien
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780820336008
A collection of Vietnamese stories and true life accounts that explore the devastation of the use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.
Author : Thurston Clarke
Publisher : Scribe Publications
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781925693805
In the last days of the Vietnam War, more than 130,000 South Vietnamese were saved from their otherwise dire fate by the heroic acts of ordinary Americans. This groundbreaking account by New York Times-bestselling author Thurston Clarke uncovers a previously untold story of bravery and honour. 1973. US participation in the Vietnam War ends. As troops withdraw, President Nixon pledges to assist the South in the event of invasion by the North. 1975. North Vietnam begins a full-scale assault on the South. Congress does nothing. Hundreds of thousands of South Vietnamese face execution or life in concentration camps. An iconic photograph is taken of the Fall of Saigon, depicting desperate Vietnamese people scrambling to board a helicopter evacuating the last of the American soldiers. It is an image of US failure and shame. Or is it? In Honourable Exit, Clarke revisits the last days of the Vietnam War to uncover the previously untold story of a life-saving mass evacuation. During those final days, a number of Americans — diplomats, businessmen, soldiers, missionaries, contractors, and spies — risked their lives and disobeyed orders to help their translators, drivers, colleagues, neighbours, friends, and even perfect strangers to escape. By the time the last US helicopter left Vietnam on 30 April 1975, these heroic Americans had helped to spirit over 130,000 South Vietnamese to resettlement in the US and life as American citizens. Groundbreaking, page-turning, and authoritative, Honourable Exit is a deeply moving history of Americans in one of their little-known finest hours.
Author : William Hopkins
Publisher : Trafford on Demand Pub
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1412201845
The Nguyen family fled Communist North Vietnam for Saigon and left Saigon years later for America. The beautiful Xuan, oldest of the five daughters, later became an American success.
Author : Sarah S. Kilborne
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Ngo, Tuan
ISBN : UOM:49015002542695
This is the story of Tuan and his father, who endure danger and difficulties when they escape by boat from Vietnam, spend days at sea, and then months in refugee camps before making their way to the United States.
Author : William M. Hopkins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010-07-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0557547997
Leaving Saigon chronicles the Nguyen family's flight from North Vietnam in 1954 to escape the communist takeover and begin anew in Saigon. The family of nine began their new life in a house in Saigon with a dirt floor and coconut leaf roof. Xuan, the oldest daughter, recounts her life from the rural North through the last stages of the Vietnam War and how it was to “grow up ugly†in a culture that was undergoing change. She worked for the Americans on Saigon’s giant Tan Son Nhut Airport, became involved in the black market, and married an American. Her relationship with the Americans ostracized her from her family and neighbors. The forty-year family journey goes from Nam Dinh to Saigon; from Kontum and Pleiku through the fall of Saigon, ten years’ of political prison, and escape to freedom by boat. Xuan’s peasant-to-American journey was one of personal trial, a new life, and changed fortunes. This is a story about a war, about adopting a new culture, and about friendship.
Author : Ralph White
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023-04-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781982195199
A “captivating” (The Washington Post) true story of “courage, resolve, and determination” (Christian Science Monitor), author Ralph White’s successful effort to save nearly the entire staff of the Saigon branch of Chase Manhattan bank and their families before the city fell to the North Vietnamese Army. In April 1975, Ralph White was asked by his boss to transfer from the Bangkok branch of the Chase Manhattan Bank to the Saigon Branch. He was tasked with closing the branch if and when it appeared that Saigon would fall to the North Vietnamese army and ensure the safety of the senior Vietnamese employees. But when he arrived, he realized the situation in Saigon was far more perilous than he had imagined. The senior staff members there urged him to evacuate the entire staff of the branch and their families, which was far more than he was authorized to do. Quickly he realized that no one would be safe when the city fell, and it was no longer a question of whether to evacuate but how. Getting Out of Saigon is an “edge-of-your-seat” (Oprah Daily) story of a city on the eve of destruction and the colorful characters who respond differently to impending doom. It’s a remarkable account of one man’s quest to save innocent lives not because he was ordered but because it was the right thing to do.