WEBVTT - Chapter 4 – End of Empire

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<v Speaker 1>My name is Trim and this is Saigon, the story

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<v Speaker 1>of my family and of the country that shaped us.

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<v Speaker 2>The United States will not stand by and allow any.

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<v Speaker 3>Power, however great take over another time.

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<v Speaker 4>Or allow.

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<v Speaker 2>You have brought only you, and beware.

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<v Speaker 5>I need to break it out.

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<v Speaker 6>Virginia band a bad, very babler sounds pronounce a very babler.

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<v Speaker 5>That can be no peace without justice, and that can

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<v Speaker 5>be no justice without peace.

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<v Speaker 7>Chapter four.

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<v Speaker 1>Joseph Sherman had left his liaison role with the Army

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<v Speaker 1>in nineteen forty six and returned to his life in America.

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<v Speaker 1>But in nineteen fifty four, the Washington Post needed someone

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<v Speaker 1>to cover the deteriorating situation in Vietnam, and Joseph jumped

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<v Speaker 1>at the chance.

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<v Speaker 8>Absolutely, eh is that it captain it tease misr Shaman

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<v Speaker 8>straight ahead. That's that jen bien fou guys in the

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<v Speaker 8>North Vietnam.

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<v Speaker 4>Eh, I didn't know it was so big.

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<v Speaker 8>Eighty percent of all French forces in Vietnam and there

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<v Speaker 8>now we spent a year flying everything up here groups

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<v Speaker 8>artillery thanks impressive generous call it the launching pad from

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<v Speaker 8>which they finally crushed the Vietnam Communists.

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<v Speaker 9>The rest of us, got it, But Champ.

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<v Speaker 4>Everything's on the floor of the valley.

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<v Speaker 8>I got mountains are round, so I see.

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<v Speaker 10>Not an easy landing.

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<v Speaker 2>You should go back and.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, excuse me more.

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<v Speaker 2>Sureman, you lanky yank.

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<v Speaker 1>As his feet hit the turnout, Joseph was met by

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<v Speaker 1>his oldest French friend.

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<v Speaker 2>You finally made it.

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<v Speaker 4>It's been way too long.

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<v Speaker 2>Why do we only see each other every eight or

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<v Speaker 2>nine years?

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<v Speaker 4>God knows?

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<v Speaker 2>What do you know, major colonel?

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<v Speaker 4>Colonel Paul Debreeux, your father would be so.

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<v Speaker 2>Proud of you, and you a famous American war reporter.

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<v Speaker 2>I better watch what I said.

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<v Speaker 10>Well, they got a smile for me?

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<v Speaker 2>Is that allowed bringing a camera here?

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<v Speaker 10>I have permission. I need photos for the article.

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<v Speaker 4>Come over here. Yeah, in front of the plane there

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<v Speaker 4>with the mountains in the background. But that's good. Comesa

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<v Speaker 4>what thanks Paul.

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<v Speaker 1>The mountains were steep and forbidding, and as far as

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<v Speaker 1>the French thought, they were impenetrable. But even as Joseph

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<v Speaker 1>was framing the mountains in the back of his shot,

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<v Speaker 1>a pair of binoculars were trained on him.

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<v Speaker 3>See down there on the runway, an American and a

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<v Speaker 3>French colonel.

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<v Speaker 7>I knewed them both in another life.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, we can live in the past. Come back came.

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<v Speaker 6>We have too much to do in the present. How

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<v Speaker 6>can we get all our delivery from the bottom up

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<v Speaker 6>to here?

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<v Speaker 2>Manpower and patience? General Zapp.

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<v Speaker 1>General Zapp was the military commander in charge of the

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<v Speaker 1>Vietnam forces.

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<v Speaker 6>It cannon weighs more than two thousand kilos. It doesn't

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<v Speaker 6>matter how many men we k use, they will still

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<v Speaker 6>have trouble getting them up here.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't have trouble. We are communists. General's App.

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<v Speaker 9>Let's go and move those guns for uncle who for Vietnam.

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<v Speaker 6>Concurt you t'dbye high zone, plue boar simplidoko pou lane.

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<v Speaker 1>Over the coming weeks, Kim's comrades would break down each

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<v Speaker 1>enormous howitzer cannon into eight parts and quietly haul everything

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<v Speaker 1>at a few inches an hour of near vertical slopes

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<v Speaker 1>covered in thick jungle foliage to the top of the mountains.

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<v Speaker 1>It was an immense undertaking, and one the French never

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<v Speaker 1>believed it happened.

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<v Speaker 2>Normally, Joseph, Normally, I agree, setting up a base on

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<v Speaker 2>a valley floor is just asking for trouble.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, it's like shooting fish in a barrel, isn't it.

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<v Speaker 4>You need the high ground, Heracles, Alexander the Great, your

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<v Speaker 4>man Napoleon.

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<v Speaker 2>They all knew that, I know, but in this case,

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<v Speaker 2>no one can get to those high positions, not with

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<v Speaker 2>any heavy artillery anyway.

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<v Speaker 4>Set a possible, Yes, thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>Your wonderful president has promised us four million dollars worth

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<v Speaker 2>of shells, rockets, tanks, and in a few more weeks

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<v Speaker 2>we'll have all that here and then we'll launch one

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<v Speaker 2>big assault and that will be it. Benuill communist.

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<v Speaker 4>I admire your confidence.

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<v Speaker 2>It's all been thought out, Joseph, very carefully planned. Trust me,

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<v Speaker 2>ste now wife.

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<v Speaker 4>Good? Thank you?

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<v Speaker 10>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Our son Gary's fifteen now and enjoying high school. Nothing

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<v Speaker 4>much to report on the on the home front there,

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<v Speaker 4>and how's land?

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<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't know, to be honest, It's been years since

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<v Speaker 2>we spent more than a few days together. She moved

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<v Speaker 2>back with her parents. I'm always off fighting. When we married,

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<v Speaker 2>she was never the same. Oh, but before that she

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<v Speaker 2>was so much fun, always laughing. But I can't say

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<v Speaker 2>we're close. We never have been. Really. It feels sad,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's just the truth. Will you try and see

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<v Speaker 2>her this trip?

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<v Speaker 4>You know. I hadn't given it much thought, but I

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<v Speaker 4>could maybe it might be nice. You should I probably

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<v Speaker 4>will then if I have time. Yeah, I'll see how

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<v Speaker 4>much time I have.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, God, take the effort. She always liked seeing you,

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<v Speaker 2>did she?

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, Well then I will, Paul, there's something I want

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<v Speaker 4>to No, no, sorry, you go no, no please? What

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<v Speaker 4>were you saying?

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<v Speaker 2>I was just wondering how long you were going to

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<v Speaker 2>be here for, that's all.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, just a few hours. I have to go back

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<v Speaker 4>on the plane I came in on. That's part of

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<v Speaker 4>the deal. Yeah, I've got interviews in psychon that's to

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<v Speaker 4>a ten. So it'll be a couple of weeks, and

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<v Speaker 4>then I promise I'll come back to witness famous French victory.

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<v Speaker 2>You better.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh they'll probably make you a general after that.

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<v Speaker 2>If only you were ending out the promotions.

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<v Speaker 4>If only yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, Joseph had seen Land briefly before flying up

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<v Speaker 1>to DNB and FOU and was keen to see her

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<v Speaker 1>again as soon as he was back in Saigon.

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<v Speaker 4>Joseph, Hello, Land, I thought i'd find you here. Can

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<v Speaker 4>I walk you home?

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<v Speaker 3>Sure? Have you been up north?

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<v Speaker 4>Yes? Briefly? And I saw Paul.

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<v Speaker 3>Did you tell him about us.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I wanted to. I tried to, but didn't. Well,

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<v Speaker 4>he's you know, he's up there fighting for his country.

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<v Speaker 4>It hardly seemed like a very good time.

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<v Speaker 3>When would be a good time.

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<v Speaker 4>I know, I know.

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<v Speaker 10>After they win perhaps if they win, sure they'll win.

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<v Speaker 3>Well maybe maybe.

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<v Speaker 4>Man, they're fighting an enemy that believes in their costs.

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<v Speaker 4>I spend time with their leader, Ho Chi Minh, I remember, yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>And he's smart, he inspires people, and he has a

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<v Speaker 4>clear goal. The Vietnam are fighting for their country. They

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<v Speaker 4>have to fight. It's life and death to them. The

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<v Speaker 4>French are only there because they've been sent given a choice.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, I think they'd rather go to dinner.

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<v Speaker 3>Will you go back?

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, as soon as I can. I have to. I'm

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<v Speaker 4>the war correspondent for the Washington Post. I'd like to

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<v Speaker 4>spend some more time with Paul.

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<v Speaker 3>If you see him again, Joseph, you must tell him

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<v Speaker 3>about us. My marriage to Paul was never very real.

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<v Speaker 3>There was never any love. But he deserves the truth.

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<v Speaker 4>I know he does. Yes, I know, I do know.

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<v Speaker 4>How is two yet?

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<v Speaker 3>Good? Adjusting well to living with my parents. They dote

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<v Speaker 3>on her, the only grandchild. She has a smile. Joseph,

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<v Speaker 3>h really, she'll be home from school soon. You should

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<v Speaker 3>come in and see her.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, but what about your parents?

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<v Speaker 3>They won't be home? Ah do yet? Will be thrilled.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll make us some tea. It'll be lovely, I insist.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, okay.

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<v Speaker 1>When they arrived at the Hugh Family Villa, Land showed

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<v Speaker 1>Joseph into the old, familiar garden room and made tea

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<v Speaker 1>for them both.

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<v Speaker 3>Ah, thank you, she's back.

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<v Speaker 4>Mamma, where are you in here?

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<v Speaker 1>Ready?

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<v Speaker 3>Prepare yourself.

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<v Speaker 11>You can't stay long? But is there anything to eat?

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<v Speaker 11>I'm oh?

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<v Speaker 6>Hello too?

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<v Speaker 3>Yet? May I please introduce to your father, mister Sherman,

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<v Speaker 3>and Joseph your daughter too?

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<v Speaker 2>Yet?

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<v Speaker 3>Do you remember him too?

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<v Speaker 7>Yet?

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<v Speaker 11>Alma said you were back.

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<v Speaker 4>And here I am. It is wonderful to see you too.

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<v Speaker 4>Yet you're looking great?

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<v Speaker 11>Are you really my father?

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<v Speaker 4>Yes? I am.

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<v Speaker 11>You drove us back from the country, right. Yes, Alma

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<v Speaker 11>says you loved her.

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<v Speaker 4>I did, I do, very much.

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<v Speaker 11>So why didn't you stay around?

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<v Speaker 10>Well?

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<v Speaker 4>I was married, she was married. I had a life

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<v Speaker 4>in America. It was complicated.

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<v Speaker 11>I guess it must have been. She says, you've got

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<v Speaker 11>a son.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, I do. Gary, he's fifteen.

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<v Speaker 11>My half brother.

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<v Speaker 4>That's right.

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<v Speaker 11>I'd really like to see him one day. Maybe I

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<v Speaker 11>should come to America sometime.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, I would love that. I'd love you both to

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<v Speaker 4>come to America.

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<v Speaker 11>But your wife wouldn't. Well, Hi, honey, have I told

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<v Speaker 11>you about this Vietnamese daughter I've got. That'd be a

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<v Speaker 11>tough conversation.

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<v Speaker 10>Yet, No, No, it's okay, fair point.

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<v Speaker 11>Anyway. I'm sorry, mamma. But they've called a rehearsal, so

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<v Speaker 11>I better get going. I just came in for a snack.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, rehearsal well too, Yet has a concert tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh what do you play?

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<v Speaker 11>It's traditional Vietnamese focal use, but I play guitar.

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<v Speaker 1>Huh it sort of works.

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<v Speaker 11>Yeah, one day, mister Sherman, I really think we should

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<v Speaker 11>sit and talk.

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<v Speaker 4>Me too.

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<v Speaker 2>Cool.

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<v Speaker 11>Let's do it then, cool, see you later, Alligator.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, she speaks her mind and follows her heart.

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<v Speaker 3>We've created a force of nature, Joseph.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, I think I'm proud of that.

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<v Speaker 3>It's such a pity you haven't been able to watch

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<v Speaker 3>or grow up.

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<v Speaker 10>Well, it's not too late.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, I understand why you couldn't come back to

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<v Speaker 4>America before but why not now bring to Yet. I'll

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<v Speaker 4>divorce Maryland, you divorce Paul. Who we can all be.

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<v Speaker 3>Together in America.

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<v Speaker 4>It's the life we've always wanted, isn't it? You and me?

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<v Speaker 3>Not in America?

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<v Speaker 4>Then please?

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<v Speaker 3>At least you don't belong there, Joseph, but you do.

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<v Speaker 3>This is my country. Vietnam is my country, and it's

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<v Speaker 3>too Yette's country. This is not just a place.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, okay, at least come and see what America's like

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<v Speaker 4>before deciding. Yeah, please, I can arrange that.

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<v Speaker 3>Why don't you come in here to Yet concert first?

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<v Speaker 3>I can arrange that.

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<v Speaker 4>Of course I'd love to.

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<v Speaker 1>A week later, Joseph returned to d NBN food.

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<v Speaker 2>Hope you're feeling luck.

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<v Speaker 4>Where are they firing from right up of the mountain?

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<v Speaker 2>Who knows how they did it? But until we cannot reach.

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<v Speaker 4>Them, can we even land? Say problem in the qua?

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<v Speaker 9>I will land and then pick up the wounded that leave.

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<v Speaker 2>That long on the ground.

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<v Speaker 12>You understand, Ali, Who are you?

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<v Speaker 4>Joseph Sherman, Washington Post. I'm looking for Colonel Devro, the

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<v Speaker 4>guy of the Mercy.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a Joseph, your American bustard. Where the hell have

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<v Speaker 2>you been sunning yourself in Sidegon.

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<v Speaker 4>Pretty much sightseeing, you know, going to concerts.

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<v Speaker 2>And what did you pack? Some rocket launchers or a

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<v Speaker 2>phantom jit? Did you bring us a phantom jit? That

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<v Speaker 2>would be handy.

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<v Speaker 4>Sorry, Paul, I've got a thirty five mil camera with

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<v Speaker 4>four lens, twenty rolls of film and a pencil.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I'll throw your camera at them and see if

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<v Speaker 2>it makes a difference. Good to see you, man, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean you too, my friend. Although you shouldn't be here,

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<v Speaker 2>not at the moment.

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<v Speaker 4>Why what's happening?

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<v Speaker 2>Hey? No, please don't pull you. They're all around us,

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<v Speaker 2>Joseph with equipment. We didn't think they had dozens of

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<v Speaker 2>how it says that we weren't.

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<v Speaker 4>Expecting that how from China must be.

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<v Speaker 2>But then how they dragged them up nearly vertical cliffs

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<v Speaker 2>and through the jungle that should not be possible.

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<v Speaker 4>Kim always could beat the art, Kim trans Van, Kim

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<v Speaker 4>Land's brother, the tennis player well long ago, yes, But

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<v Speaker 4>in Saigon, what we're hearing is it's Kim and General

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<v Speaker 4>Zapp making all the big military decisions.

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<v Speaker 2>Well earned respect. A drink a me. We might be

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<v Speaker 2>running out of bullets, but there's still plenty of cognac.

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<v Speaker 10>The French army always did fight and style.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't lower our standards, can we? And two brandy balloons

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<v Speaker 2>for justice occasion so civilized.

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<v Speaker 4>There's so much to love about you Frenchmen, even in

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<v Speaker 4>a crisis.

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<v Speaker 2>I wish more Vietnamese shared that feeling. We tried to

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<v Speaker 2>help them. Elumisarigadevo positionnell to us, Joseph and whatever lies ahead, Sante,

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<v Speaker 2>How is the story going? It could be quite a school.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh that's what the Post hopes, not least because there's

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<v Speaker 4>no other journalist up here.

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<v Speaker 2>Then what you right will become the truth.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm writing what I see, Paul with photos forever Paul,

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<v Speaker 4>before I go, I should, well not should? I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>it's not something I should do. It's something I have

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<v Speaker 4>to do, or something I have to say, rather just

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<v Speaker 4>to you between us, something you should know.

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<v Speaker 2>Get to the point, Joseph.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, on my second trip, when Kim won the tennis game,

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<v Speaker 4>you remember that?

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<v Speaker 2>Who doesn't?

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<v Speaker 4>And I escorted Land home?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes?

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<v Speaker 4>Well? Yes.

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<v Speaker 10>On the following night, the same night your father.

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<v Speaker 4>Was murdered, and before she knew she was marrying you,

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<v Speaker 4>we hired a riverboat and the perfume in the air

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<v Speaker 4>was beautiful. Land was beautiful. I was so much in

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<v Speaker 4>love with her, and things just happened. Yes, And she

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<v Speaker 4>had a daughter before your wedding, who was brought up

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<v Speaker 4>by some former housekeepers for the Tran family. But then

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<v Speaker 4>the famine after the war created such a mess and

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<v Speaker 4>everything went to hell, and well, you know, no one

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<v Speaker 4>knew who was where anymore, and we went looking for

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<v Speaker 4>her and found a traumatized fairal kid.

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<v Speaker 2>And too yet you knew, well, I wondered, I didn't know.

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<v Speaker 2>All I knew was Land rescued at this orphan and

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<v Speaker 2>she ended up living with her parents. And then when

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<v Speaker 2>I finally met her, Well, you've seen her. You'd have

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<v Speaker 2>to be mad not to spot the resemblance, don't you think. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>so you and Lanne h m hmm. You still love her,

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<v Speaker 2>don't you, Joseph. I always wondered if there was something

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<v Speaker 2>between you and Lane, as far back as that tennis match,

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<v Speaker 2>the way you watched each other, the way she loved

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<v Speaker 2>my suggestion that you should escort her home give me

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<v Speaker 2>that class. By the way, no more cognac for you.

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<v Speaker 2>That's your punishment here. I think I could see it

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<v Speaker 2>before you could. She never looked at the same way.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought I could charm her winner over in time,

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<v Speaker 2>but I never did. Excuse me, Marman, mister Sherman, I

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<v Speaker 2>wounded on board. Are you staying or are you going?

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<v Speaker 4>Ice?

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<v Speaker 2>Going? No? Come on, get out?

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<v Speaker 4>Are you sure?

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<v Speaker 6>Go?

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<v Speaker 2>Adi? Adi?

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<v Speaker 10>Come with me, Pop.

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<v Speaker 4>I can't staying Here's madness.

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<v Speaker 2>I cannot leave my men. Besides, we might find a

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<v Speaker 2>way of turning the tide.

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<v Speaker 6>What was that.

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<v Speaker 2>Our artillery shells?

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<v Speaker 4>You've lost our demmunitions.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll still have machine guns.

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<v Speaker 4>Against how it serves it's useless.

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<v Speaker 2>To take photos. Joseph, the world should hear about this.

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<v Speaker 4>Go now, I mean you're coming, all right, all right,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm coming coming.

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<v Speaker 2>You have a whole life ahead.

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<v Speaker 9>Go leave it very well, my friend, Oh Bob, we

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<v Speaker 9>must help our luck. Hold mo jusip boir?

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<v Speaker 4>Can I soup from up here if you wish?

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<v Speaker 9>It may be the last picture you ever take.

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<v Speaker 8>Me sure, I'm Sherry, I'm.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my gosh.

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<v Speaker 4>As we soared into the air and climbed the safety,

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<v Speaker 4>I could see the extent of the carnage below. Whoever

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<v Speaker 4>decided to choose that spot for a major military garrison

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<v Speaker 4>had been an idiot. There was no way out, and

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<v Speaker 4>the enemy had the advantage of every high point. Its

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<v Speaker 4>defeat was only a matter of time.

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<v Speaker 1>On May seventh, nineteen fifty four, the siege of Dnbnfu

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<v Speaker 1>ended and the French army in Vietnam was obliterated. Paul

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<v Speaker 1>Deveux died on the final day of the siege. It

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<v Speaker 1>was the end of seventy years of French colonial rule

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<v Speaker 1>in Indo China and the beginning of total madness.

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<v Speaker 5>Saigon is a production of Thoroughbred Studios, gold Hog Productions

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<v Speaker 5>and iHeart Podcasts, starring Kelly Marie Trnn and Robed Benedict.

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<v Speaker 5>Based on the best selling novel Cygone by Anthony Gray.

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<v Speaker 5>It is created for audio by Greg Hadrick and Jeremy Fox,

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<v Speaker 5>written by Greg Hadrick and directed by John Scott Dryden.

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<v Speaker 5>Original music is by Sasha Putnam, with additional performances by

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<v Speaker 5>nor Mgnir and Letivic Chier. Editing and sound design is

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<v Speaker 5>by Elouise Whitmore. The series producer is Emma Hearn. The

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<v Speaker 5>producer in Vietnam is Fatmung Nien. The executive producers are

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<v Speaker 5>Jeremy Fox, Greg Hadrick, John Scott Dryden, Howard stringer and

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<v Speaker 5>Jason English