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The Girl in the Picture

A History Lesson in Ho Chi Minh City

December 23rd 2011
Aoife and I arrived in Ho Chi Minh city, the largest city in Vietnam, on December 2nd after a brutal ten hour journey from DaLat. The city was formally known as Saigon, prior to the "fall of Saigon" or the "liberation of Saigon" depending on who is writing the history books. Saigon was the capital city of South Vietnam until April 30th1975 when the city fell to North Vietnamese troops, ... read more
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Vietnamese Flag The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more
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26th December 2011

girl in the picture
As i look in that picture i felt hurt and anger in my heart, i am an american, i was also in army, but thats before my time, i love kids so much, i want to help all kids thats being abuse and mistreated, my vision in life if God premits me i s to help the abuse little girls thats bein rape and put on streets , i havae no money and i have no ideal how i will do that but if i can help 1 at a time when i can, i havent been to vietnam , but i help in the philippines feed , cloths , and build them a place to live but God help all the abuse kids that was in that war , and not only them but all that suffered from that war , may God help us all

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