Reeducation in Postwar Vietnam: Personal Postscripts to Peace PDF
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Preface i Reeducation in Postwar Vietnam 75 S U H I N I V Y R E A R S T I I T L I Y M ✩ ✩ T S E I E A E X R S S A Y & R M O T ii Preface Preface iii Reeducation in Postwar Vietnam Personal Postscripts to Peace . Texas A&M University Press • College Station iv Preface Copyright © by Edward P. Metzner, Huynh Van Chinh, Tran Van Phuc, and Le Nguyen Binh Manufactured in the United States of America All rights reserved First edition The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, Z.–. Binding materials have been chosen for durability. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Reeducation in postwar Vietnam : personal postcripts to peace / Edward P. Metzner . . . [et al.]. p. cm. Includes index. --- (cloth : alk. paper) . Vietnam—Politics and government—– . Huynh, Van Chinh. . Tran, Van Phuc. . Le, Nguyen Binh. . Political prisoners— Vietnam. . Prisons—Vietnam. I. Metzner, Edward P., – II. Title. . . .'—dc Preface v To the many untold thousands of our former South Vietnamese allies who did not survive the postwar “peace.” To those who died in the so-called reeducation camps and those who perished at sea fleeing to where freedom still beckoned. They all, sadly and tragically, were casualties of a war whose carnage rightfully should have ceased on April , . vi Preface Preface vii Contents List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Part I. Col. Tran Van Phuc’s Story . Advisory Days . Saigon Memories . Thirteen Years of “Reeducation” . Moved to North Vietnam . Release . My Family’s Years of Misery . The Final Years Part II. Col. Huynh Van Chinh’s Story . Advisory Days . Background . The Beginning of the End . The Lie of “Thirty Days” . Long Giao Prison . Sent North . Return to the South . Released viii Contents Part III. Col. Le Nguyen Binh’s Story . Advisory Days . The Dreaded Alert . Escape . Avoiding Mutiny . Singapore . A New Life in America Part IV. One a Hero, One a Saint . Gen. Le Minh Dao . Father Joe Devlin Epilogue Index Illustrations following page Col. Tran Van Phuc before reeducation, Col. Tran Van Phuc after reeducation, Col. Tran Van Phuc and Col. Edward Metzner, Col. Tran Van Phuc and family in Kirkland, Wash., Col. Huynh Van Chinh before reeducation, Col. Huynh Van Chinh after reeducation, Col. Le Nguyen Binh, Colonel Metzner, Mr. Le Van Hoi, Alina Metzner, and granddaughter Father Joe Devlin and Maj. Gen. John Murray, Colonel Metzner and Father Devlin, Gen. Le Minh Dao, Alina Metzner, Colonel Metzner, and Chung Van Vu
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