Vietnam

In the Early 1960s, Families of Some GIs Saw Vietnam Up Close

Saigon Kids: An American Military Brat Comes of Age in 1960’s Vietnam

By Les Arbuckle Mango Publishing Group, 2017

In the decade before U.S. combat forces waded ashore at Da Nang, approximately 4,000 teenagers and preteens had been living in Saigon and attending the American Community School. Most were the sons and daughters of Americans sent to South Vietnam by the military and State Department or the children of civilians working for U.S. companies with operations there. Collectively, these select young people refer to themselves

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