I SERVED AS AN OPERATING ROOM TECH AT THE 29TH EVAC/3RD SURG HOSPITAL IN BINH THUY FROM 6/69-7/70...I ALSO SERVED IN THE 346TH DISPENSARY IN CAN THO FOR A FEW MONTHS...I RETURNED THERE IN 1996 AND WAS STUNNED AT THE POVERTY AND LACK OF PROGRESS. OUR GUIDE WAS A WOMAN NAMED NU WHOSE HUSBAND WAS SENT TO A 'RELOCATION' CAMP AFTER THE WAR FOR 3 YRS. SHE WAS STILL WARY ABOUT TELLING US SOME THINGS THAT HAPPENED BUT IT WAS CLEAR THE THE PEOPLE WERE STILL INITMIDATED BY THE GOVERNMEMNT AT THAT TIME...WOULD LOVE TO GO BACK SOMETIME, MAYBE EVEN HOOK UP WITH
THIS ORGANIZATION AND DO SOME GOOD....RWS