My parents met during, and because of, the Vietnam War. They were both USAID workers at the time.
When I started to learn about the war outside of my home in the 90s, I tried to figure out how it long lasted…
When I started to learn about the war outside of my home in the 90s, I tried to figure out how it long lasted…
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By the 2010s, I understood it to be a TWENTY YEAR WAR.
Now I’d describe it as a 30 year war. And my dad was there when it started at the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
My mom to me: “When he told me that it gave me chills all over my body.”