How A Father And Son Reconcile Their Clashing Homesickness For Vietnam

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How A Father And Son Reconcile Their Clashing Homesickness For Vietnam
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“I have this concept of inherited nostalgia, of being homesick for a place you've never known, a place that's never been home,” he says. On April 28, 1975, North Vietnamese troops bombed Tan Son Nhut Air Base. The following day, thousands of Vietnamese and Americans fled the country by aircraft and ships. Thuận Trương, who was stationed in Saigon, helped airlift evacuees out of the country in a C-130 aircraft. He says a hundred people packed into the plane before they had to shut the doors, but he wasn’t sure the plane could take off under the weight of all the people onboard.

A couple days later, North Vietnam captured Saigon after the surrender of South Vietnamese Gen. Dương Văn Minh. The new regime renamed Saigon to Ho Chi Minh City.Tired Of The Constant Noise And Demands Of Daily Life? Try A Quiet Vacation

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