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Hi Carl… I am arriving Saigon April 26 Sunday 1235 AM on UAL # 867 from SFO via HKK (UAL # 117-operated by Air Vietnam or Cathay, I assume) and hope to be picked up or met at that very early hour…
I covered Vietnam from 1967 - 70 for CBS, (6 mos in Cambodia) as a cameraman, and in 1973 as a field producer / buro mgr… Also in 1990's with Bill Kurtis for A&E docs on MIA's and Cambodian Genocide.
I've passed this info on to Tung Pham.
Thanks,
"Skip" Brown
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- FW: Saigon Reunion 2015 -- Final List of Participants. - 4 Updates
- martin - 4 Updates
- guardian - 3 Updates
- Saigon Reunion -- Change of Venue. - 3 Updates
- Freelancer in Cambodia - May 1970. - 7 Updates
- franjola - 3 Updates
- Retire to Vietnam. - 1 Update
| "tony clifton" <ozt...@ozemail.com.au>: Apr 21 08:47AM +1000 Tony Clifton will be arriving tomorrow, Wednesday 22nd, and will check into the Rex after arriving, if on schedule, on Vietnam Airline VN780 at 16.25 From: vietnam-...@googlegroups.com [mailto:vietnam-...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Carl Robinson Sent: Tuesday, 21 April 2015 6:02 AM To: Vietnam Old Hacks Subject: Saigon Reunion 2015 -- Final List of Participants. OK, folks, here is our more or less complete list of those attending this coming week's Vietnam Old Hacks Reunion in Saigon under the general imprimatur of Vietnam Foreign Affairs-sponsored "Foreign Press Week in HCM City - 25 April to 1 May 2015." Most are staying at the Rex Hotel but not all. We have 24 participants, plus wives and relatives. Tim Page and myself are planning a Friday 24 April arrival in Saigon so will be on-hand to welcome you. Dates of arrivals vary and so let's make this message a gathering point with your personal dates of arrival in Saigon -- and I'm sure you're also in touch with Mr Tung at FA. Not all will be there on 25th and, right now, I have Peter A on 26th; Ut on 27th; Edie Lederer and Ray Wilkinson on 28th. Fyi, we are already generating lots of media interest -- including Reuters, AFP and AP -- and this list will be passed along to others. So, if I've got dates & affiliations wrong, please advise me asap. If this is anything like 2010, I'll also end up playing PR for the group and getting as many of your stories told as possible. I look forward to seeing you in good ol' Saigon. Best regards, Carl NOTE: This List is also sent as an attachment. Attendees for Foreign Press Week in HCM City. 25 April – 1 May 2015. List as of 21 April 2015 (Tuesday) -Carl & Kim-Dung Robinson. AP Photographer & Correspondent. 1968-75. (USOM/USAID ’64-68.) Convenor, Google Group “Vietnam Old Hacks” and Reunion Organiser. [Sydney, Australia] -Tim Page & Marianne Harris. Time-Life Photographer. ’62-69. [Brisbane, Australia] -Loren Jenkins. Newsweek Bureau Chief. 1973-75. [Colorado, USA.]. -Tony Clifton. Newsweek correspondent. 1971-75. [Melbourne, Australia] -Don & Deanna North. NBC & ABC correspondent. [VA, USA] -Peter Collins. VOA. CBS. 1971-75. [Rex not required]. -Al Rockoff. Freelance Photographer. 1971-75. -Edie Lederer. AP Correspondent. 1970-72. -Peter Arnett and son Andrew. AP correspondent. ’62-75. -Nik Ut. AP Photographer. [Rex Hotel not required] -Ray Wilkinson. UPI correspondent. -Lance Woodruff. US National Council of Churches. Empire news. 1966-68. -Nik & Pamela Wheeler. UPI Photographer. 1967-70. Newsweek magazine, April 1975. -William M. Reilly. UPI correspondent.. -George Lewis. NBC correspondent. [Rex Hotel not required]. -David L Terry. Freelance photographer. 1969-71. -James & Milly Pringle. Reuters Correspondent. 1969-72. Also covered Cambodia War. -Matthew E. Naythons and son Will Naythons. SIPA/Time. 1975. [Hotel not required] -John Giannini. Freelance photographer & documentary maker. 1971 – 74. -Willis “Skip” Brown. Cameraman. CBS News. [San Francisco, California, USA]. -Don Kirk. Washington Star ’67-70; Chicago Tribune, ’71-74; NYT magazine & other publications. Author: Wider War and Tell it to the Dead. [Seoul, South Korea.] -Stewart Dalby. Financial Times. 1971-75. Covered Liberation of Saigon on 30 April 1975 remaining until 30 May. [London, UK] . -Sarah Errington. Covered Liberation of Saigon for AP and departed September 1975. [London, UK] -Barry Fox. Cameraman. ABC News. 1974-75. [Adelaide, Australia]. Total: 24. ------------------- CANCELLED OUT. -Jon Swain. AFP and Sunday Times. 1970-75, including Fall of Phnom Penh. [London, UK]. -David Burnett. Freelance Photographer. Time. 1969-73. -Robert Hart. Reuters ’66-67. Then 1972. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vietnam Old Hacks" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vietnam-old-ha...@googlegroups.com <mailto:vietnam-old-ha...@googlegroups.com> . To post to this group, send email to vietnam-...@googlegroups.com <mailto:vietnam-...@googlegroups.com> . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vietnam-old-hacks. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. |
| dalb...@aol.com: Apr 21 08:46AM -0400 I will email Tung Pham the details. Are we being met at the airport, or do we make our own way to Tu Do as was. Look forward to seeing you all Best Stewart Dalby -----Original Message----- From: Carl Robinson <robinso...@gmail.com> To: Vietnam Old Hacks <vietnam-...@googlegroups.com> Sent: Mon, Apr 20, 2015 9:01 pm Subject: Saigon Reunion 2015 -- Final List of Participants. OK, folks, here is our more or less complete list of those attending this coming week's Vietnam Old Hacks Reunion in Saigon under the general imprimatur of Vietnam Foreign Affairs-sponsored "Foreign Press Week in HCM City - 25 April to 1 May 2015." Most are staying at the Rex Hotel but not all. We have 24 participants, plus wives and relatives. Tim Page and myself are planning a Friday 24 April arrival in Saigon so will be on-hand to welcome you. Dates of arrivals vary and so let's make this message a gathering point with your personal dates of arrival in Saigon -- and I'm sure you're also in touch with Mr Tung at FA. Not all will be there on 25th and, right now, I have Peter A on 26th; Ut on 27th; Edie Lederer and Ray Wilkinson on 28th. Fyi, we are already generating lots of media interest -- including Reuters, AFP and AP -- and this list will be passed along to others. So, if I've got dates & affiliations wrong, please advise me asap. If this is anything like 2010, I'll also end up playing PR for the group and getting as many of your stories told as possible. I look forward to seeing you in good ol' Saigon. Best regards, Carl NOTE: This List is also sent as an attachment. Attendees for Foreign Press Week in HCM City. 25 April – 1 May 2015. List as of 21 April 2015 (Tuesday) -Carl & Kim-Dung Robinson. AP Photographer & Correspondent. 1968-75. (USOM/USAID ’64-68.) Convenor, Google Group “Vietnam Old Hacks” and Reunion Organiser. [Sydney, Australia] -Tim Page & Marianne Harris. Time-Life Photographer. ’62-69. [Brisbane, Australia] -Loren Jenkins. Newsweek Bureau Chief. 1973-75. [Colorado, USA.]. -Tony Clifton. Newsweek correspondent. 1971-75. [Melbourne, Australia] -Don & Deanna North. NBC & ABC correspondent. [VA, USA] -Peter Collins. VOA. CBS. 1971-75. [Rex not required]. -Al Rockoff. Freelance Photographer. 1971-75. -Edie Lederer. AP Correspondent. 1970-72. -Peter Arnett and son Andrew. AP correspondent. ’62-75. -Nik Ut. AP Photographer. [Rex Hotel not required] -Ray Wilkinson. UPI correspondent. -Lance Woodruff. US National Council of Churches. Empire news. 1966-68. -Nik & Pamela Wheeler. UPI Photographer. 1967-70. Newsweek magazine, April 1975. -William M. Reilly. UPI correspondent.. -George Lewis. NBC correspondent. [Rex Hotel not required]. -David L Terry. Freelance photographer. 1969-71. -James & Milly Pringle. Reuters Correspondent. 1969-72. Also covered Cambodia War. -Matthew E. Naythons and son Will Naythons. SIPA/Time. 1975. [Hotel not required] -John Giannini. Freelance photographer & documentary maker. 1971 – 74. -Willis “Skip” Brown. Cameraman. CBS News. [San Francisco, California, USA]. -Don Kirk. Washington Star ’67-70; Chicago Tribune, ’71-74; NYT magazine & other publications. Author: Wider War and Tell it to the Dead. [Seoul, South Korea.] -Stewart Dalby. Financial Times. 1971-75. Covered Liberation of Saigon on 30 April 1975 remaining until 30 May. [London, UK] . -Sarah Errington. Covered Liberation of Saigon for AP and departed September 1975. [London, UK] -Barry Fox. Cameraman. ABC News. 1974-75. [Adelaide, Australia]. Total: 24. ------------------- CANCELLED OUT. -Jon Swain. AFP and Sunday Times. 1970-75, including Fall of Phnom Penh. [London, UK]. -David Burnett. Freelance Photographer. Time. 1969-73. -Robert Hart. Reuters ’66-67. Then 1972. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vietnam Old Hacks" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vietnam-old-ha...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to vietnam-...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vietnam-old-hacks. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. |
| Barry Fox <barryj...@gmail.com>: Apr 21 05:57AM -0700 I am on the same Malasian flight ex KL into tsn a/p arriving 10:00 on the 25th. That is if my passport has arrived back from Viet consulate. Seems to be MIA for the time being. Barry |
| Lance Woodruff <lance.w...@gmail.com>: Apr 21 08:10PM +0700 I should adjust my Old Hacks listing. I was accredited as correspondent of the US National Council of Churches, employed by Church World Service (its international relief and development arm), which together with Lutheran World Relief and the Mennonite Central Committee formed Vietnam Christian Service, which we first called VCS. Because VCS looked like something else, we went Vietnamese-style for Viet Nam Christian Service (VNCS). VNCS was not a missionary organization, but what would now be called an NGO. I was information officer and visited Quang Ngai, Tam Ky, Nhatrang, Pleiku, Dak To, Quang Tri and Di Linh where we had American and Canadian doctors, nurses, social workers and community development specialists posted. I free-lanced with Empire News. Hal Ellithorpe and Paul Avery assigned me to cover R&R in Bangkok and Singapore (some Singapore Girls in 1967 were short-time GI companions, not air hostesses). An Empire News assignment in Bangkok helped me meet my first wife, who now lives in suburban Cleveland. I spent some 'quiet time' with Bob Ellision's chest of photo gear after he was killed in Khe Sanh. Like the Mennonites and Quakers, I became anti-war, but in San Francisco, the men and women of Swords to Plowshares told me I was a veteran too, though I was never in the military. Before going to Saigon I worked for the Cleveland Press, a Scripps-Howard paper. In Danang I met Scripps-Howard's Jim Lucas, who introduced me to the Marine Press Center. -Lance Woodruff. US National Council of Churches/Church World Service. Vietnam Christian Service. Empire news. 1966-68. Asian Christian Service, Looking forward to see you all in Saigon. Lance Woodruff On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 3:01 AM, Carl Robinson <robinso...@gmail.com> wrote: -- Lance Woodruff, TY Court Apt. G2 968 Sukhumvit Soi 55 (Thonglor) Bangkok 10110 Thailand Email: lance.w...@gmail.com Mobile: 087 070 0594 Home: 02 391 7359 |
| Ray Wilkinson <wilkin...@gmail.com>: Apr 21 12:58PM +0700 but those photo captions. wasn't that first picture in fact taken in danang and the last of the fix winged aircraft to leave that city. and then the caption on the helicopter rooftop evacuation. i know there was a huge discussion on this sometime back. seems confusion continues to reign. http://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/apr/21/40-years-on-from-fall-of-saigon-witnessing-end-of-vietnam-war |
| Carl Robinson <robinso...@gmail.com>: Apr 21 04:53PM +1000 of Saigon -- especially as he stayed on afterwards and then gives such a great analysis. What a superb writer! While the words "mistake" and "crime" are way over-used and which I personally avoid using, Martin gives them a powerful definition in this sentence at the end of a fantastic 'catch-all' sorta' graf. The plain fact that the American war in Vietnam was a mistake and a crime – because it was undertaken so lightly, pursued so brutally and abandoned so perfidiously – is about the only plain fact there is. Best regards, Carl On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 3:58 PM, Ray Wilkinson <wilkin...@gmail.com> wrote: |
| Carl Robinson <robinso...@gmail.com>: Apr 21 04:54PM +1000 On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Carl Robinson <robinso...@gmail.com> wrote: |
| Arnold Isaacs <ari...@gmail.com>: Apr 21 09:04AM -0400 been Phan Rang or someplace else on the central coast, but definitely not Danang or Saigon and it is definitely fixed-wing, not a helicopter. Skip Isaacs |
| "tony clifton" <ozt...@ozemail.com.au>: Apr 21 06:28PM +1000 From: vietnam-...@googlegroups.com [mailto:vietnam-...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Carl Robinson Sent: Tuesday, 21 April 2015 6:20 AM To: Vietnam Old Hacks; Ray Wilkinson Cc: jimmy pringle Subject: Re: guardian Hi, Ray, and thanks for the briefing on what you've been up along the old DMZ. Serves them tourists right for thinking it'd be real cool to ride in an open jeep. (And yes, you know it's all over when those lovely-as-ever women are calling you "uncle" and "grandpa".) Sorry for not getting back earlier re Le Ly Haslip who'd be most welcome to join the Group of an evening on the Roof of the Rex any night of the week. But I'm sure the evening of the 29th will be the biggie. Look forward to seeing you on the 28th. Best, Carl On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 7:43 PM, Ray Wilkinson <wilkin...@gmail.com <mailto:wilkin...@gmail.com> > wrote: thats great. right now the weather is totally mixed. a week ago we had rain that we shouldn't have had. i spent the weekend in hue and it was miserable, rain, rain, rain. the only fun i had was watching some silly tourists who wanted to get a feeling of the war by riding around in reconditioned american jeeps and got more than they bargained for. i haven't seen this on such a large scale before but in saigon a few weeks ago i noticed entire fleets of jeeps drawing up to various hotels, the caravelle included, to take tourists around the city by jeep convoy. the craze has spread to danang. i was standing on the steps of my hotel (the wonderful la residence) when another fleet of jeeps drove up from danang. but it had pissed down all the way and the only cover the tourists had were thin vietnamese style pac-a-macs. they looked like drowned rats. i know all too well how they felt but i had to chuckle to myself. i don't think they will be taking too many rides in jeeps anymore. anyway, from the rain we have now suddenly gone into sweltering mode. today it was nearly 40 degrees and hot hot hot. theoretically it is the start of the hot season here so i can only anticipate it will be like this now for the foreseeable future. not pleasant, but at least we are not walking out in the boonies swallowing salt tabs. i'm gonna stay a couple nights en route down to saigon at la residence which is turning into my favorite hideaway haunt. no miss right in sight. there's still some beauties around and i could easily fall fast. but i aint gonna do another chika and the ones i do like...quite young...are interested in me as a grandfather figure and not as a swashbuckling lover. i am resigned to remaining celibate for the rest of my days. the teaching is up and down. i really like reacting with kids and trying to pass on 'the knowledge' but because of bad planning by my NGO i am not sure i am being truly effective. but its still fun. i arrive in saigon on the 28th and staying at the continental. i am going to see le ly Haslip. we are either gonna have dinner ourselves on the 29th (with anyone who wants to tag along) or if there is an appropriate hack get together i will invite le ly to that. but as i said in earlier message when i suggested people might want to meet her in a low key drinks or dinner session i didn't receive a single reply so i assume none is interested. its always all a little cliquish at things like this and i don't have the time to waste on that. On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 2:41 PM, James Pringle <jpri...@loxinfo.co.th <mailto:jpri...@loxinfo.co.th> > wrote: Phnom Penh 20.4.2015 Ray, I got my visa, and Milly’s, from the Vietnamese embassy here, and I have from today until 19 May, so I should have a chance to get up to see you at Dong Ha, though will also see you in HCM. Tell me, what is the weather like in Dong Ha and north of the Hai Van pass at presest – is it cold, freezing drizzle or what? Otherwise how is it going with the English teaching. Did you meet Ms Right yet? 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| Carl Robinson <robinso...@gmail.com>: Apr 21 06:32PM +1000 been moved to the Huong Sen down old Tu Do Street, now Dong Khoi, 68-70. You'll be first into Saigon! Cheers, Carl |
| Ray Wilkinson <wilkin...@gmail.com>: Apr 21 04:28PM +0700 was replying to pringle in a private email but somehow i routed it to everyone. i have never in my life committed such a stupid thing and though it wasn't totally incendiary it was a little embarrassing. reminds me of that idiot stephen smith when he sent an email to all the wallendas destroying alexis gerber's bid to become foreign editor in the most sexist and demeaning terms. but he also sent it to alexis who burst into his office one saturday morning threatening all kinds of legal actions. he didn't last long after that. christ i will be more careful in future. |
| Carl Robinson <robinso...@gmail.com>: Apr 21 06:28PM +1000 would have received a personal message from Mr Tung Pham a short while ago to advise that we will now be accommodated at the HUONG SEN HOTEL, instead of the Rex Hotel as originally indicated. I hope no one is unduly disappointed or put off by this last-minute decision but the Huong Sen -- located half-way down old Tu Do Street, now Dong Khoi St towards the Saigon River -- should work just as well. It's also located a bit further away from the huge construction site just below the Rex for the city's new subway system. It's a good 3-star hotel and also has its own rooftop bar -- with probably cheaper drinks. (Also a smaller property so e'one will know right away who we are.) KD and I know the place from our previous trips. So -- a new Reunion HQs in Saigon. Cheers! Carl |
| Donald Kirk <kirkd...@gmail.com>: Apr 21 05:39PM +0900 it the setting for his unpublished "Murder on the Rue Catinat." Was noteworthy for having a swimming pool -- wonder if that''s still there. Don -- Very sorry neither Woody nor David are still with us. On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 5:28 PM, Carl Robinson <robinso...@gmail.com> wrote: |
| Carl Robinson <robinso...@gmail.com>: Apr 21 06:45PM +1000 pretentious than the dolled-up old Rex BOQ -- and the pool's still there. It's the sorta' place we should be able to take over! And we'll definitely raise a glass or two to Woody, David and other old colleagues. Here's the hotel's website: http://www.vietnamtourism.com/huongsen/. |
| Carl Robinson <robinso...@gmail.com>: Apr 21 10:46AM +1000 Invasion of Cambodia began in early-mid May 1970, this US Navy Swift Boat dropped this fellow claiming to be a freelance photographer off on a Mekong Riverbank near Neak Luong, s.e. of Phnom Penh, Personally -- and I knew a lot of freelance photographers in Vietnam and Cambodia, including a few crazy ones -- but the fellow does not look at all familiar to me. A couple cameras and one of those Lao-style string bags. What the hell was he doing? Anyone can help out? Here's some background of the story -- and a picture: Hello, Carl -- Guy Gugliotta here, formerly of UPI and The Washington Post. Bob Kaylor put me in touch with you folks. A friend has asked me to see if I can ID a freelance photographer from Cambodia days.My friend was a swift boat officer during the Cambodian invasion and dropped the shooter off on the banks of the Mekong near Neak Leaong in May of 1970. He took a picture of the fellow, who had two Nikons and was looking for "the action." If you send me a return e-mail at my address (above) I can send you the picture of him, which, I'm afraid leaves something to be desired. Nonetheless, I'm hoping it can ring some bells. All best/Guy Best regards, Carl |
| MFK <mka...@gmail.com>: Apr 21 08:48AM +0700 Thank you for letting me join this forum. I enjoyed watching the film on Matthew Franjola and found it moving. A year ago, I made a similar film about my father, Stanley Karnow. Would you like to see it? - Michael Karnow |
| paul rogers <ro...@yahoo.com>: Apr 21 01:56AM On Monday, April 20, 2015 6:49 PM, MFK <mka...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Carl — Thank you for letting me join this forum. I enjoyed watching the film on Matthew Franjola and found it moving. A year ago, I made a similar film about my father, Stanley Karnow. Would you like to see it? - Michael Karnow -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vietnam Old Hacks" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vietnam-old-ha...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to vietnam-...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vietnam-old-hacks. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. <Freelancer 2.jpg> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vietnam Old Hacks" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vietnam-old-ha...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to vietnam-...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vietnam-old-hacks. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. |
| "Jim Laurie" <jimla...@gmail.com>: Apr 20 10:01PM -0400 I for one would very much appreciate seeing a film about your Dad. Your father’s work on both Vietnam and China were very much an inspiration to me. - Jim Laurie From: MFK Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 9:48 PM To: vietnam-...@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Freelancer in Cambodia - May 1970. Hi Carl — Thank you for letting me join this forum. I enjoyed watching the film on Matthew Franjola and found it moving. A year ago, I made a similar film about my father, Stanley Karnow. Would you like to see it? - Michael Karnow On Apr 21, 2015, at 7:46 AM, Carl Robinson <robinso...@gmail.com> wrote: Now, this is seriously weird, folks. Just as the US & South Vietnamese Invasion of Cambodia began in early-mid May 1970, this US Navy Swift Boat dropped this fellow claiming to be a freelance photographer off on a Mekong Riverbank near Neak Luong, s.e. of Phnom Penh, Personally -- and I knew a lot of freelance photographers in Vietnam and Cambodia, including a few crazy ones -- but the fellow does not look at all familiar to me. A couple cameras and one of those Lao-style string bags. What the hell was he doing? Anyone can help out? Here's some background of the story -- and a picture: Hello, Carl -- Guy Gugliotta here, formerly of UPI and The Washington Post. Bob Kaylor put me in touch with you folks. A friend has asked me to see if I can ID a freelance photographer from Cambodia days.My friend was a swift boat officer during the Cambodian invasion and dropped the shooter off on the banks of the Mekong near Neak Leaong in May of 1970. He took a picture of the fellow, who had two Nikons and was looking for "the action." If you send me a return e-mail at my address (above) I can send you the picture of him, which, I'm afraid leaves something to be desired. Nonetheless, I'm hoping it can ring some bells. All best/Guy Best regards, Carl -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vietnam Old Hacks" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vietnam-old-ha...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to vietnam-...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vietnam-old-hacks. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. <Freelancer 2.jpg> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vietnam Old Hacks" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vietnam-old-ha...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to vietnam-...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vietnam-old-hacks. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. |
| MFK <mka...@gmail.com>: Apr 21 09:17AM +0700 I appreciate your kind words. As requested… the film I put together remembering my father, Stanley Karnow. https://vimeo.com/80414837 So I am in Hue right now. I hired an excellent guide to take me up to Khe San yesterday. He started telling me about the war. I realized after several minutes that I recognized the words he was saying. I just read these exact words the day before in my father’s book. This gentleman had memorized entire passages of "Vietnam: a history." Dad would have gotten a kick out of that. :) |
| Carl Robinson <robinso...@gmail.com>: Apr 21 12:22PM +1000 here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vietnam-old-hacks/rB_383QZSc0 Best, Carl On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 11:56 AM, 'paul rogers' via Vietnam Old Hacks < |
| Mbdemery <mbde...@gmail.com>: Apr 21 02:00PM +0700 I'm in Hoi an now, but yesterday went by your sister's exhibit in Hanoi and lucked out in timing- she was there and I briefly introduced myself to her but she was about to be interviewed by some Vietnamese tv so we hustled out quickly. I just watched the film you made of your dad - extraordinary. Arriving in HCMC on Saturday afternoon and there for just shy of a week- maybe we'll meet up. I'm with my kids so we are taking things pretty slow and easy- staying at the Rex. Enjoy your tour of the countryside! Sent from my iPhone |
| Ray Wilkinson <wilkin...@gmail.com>: Apr 21 07:27AM +0700 www.vimeo.com/clairefranjola/mattfranjola |
| Donald Kirk <kirkd...@gmail.com>: Apr 20 08:10PM -0700 Don On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 5:27 PM, Ray Wilkinson <wilkin...@gmail.com> wrote: |
| Jim Caccavo <jim.c...@gmail.com>: Apr 20 10:49PM -0700 |
| Carl Robinson <robinso...@gmail.com>: Apr 21 10:08AM +1000 Grab your Social Security payments and retire to Vietnam. Perhaps we should get a Real Estate Briefing as part of the upcoming "Foreign Press Week" ion Saigon. Plenty of properties about. http://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/042115/retire-vietnam-200000-savings.asp . Best, Carl |
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