Mẫn, 80 — Surviving the Vietnam-American War

Man, Surviving the Vietnam - American War Hoi An
Mẫn — Surviving the Vietnam-American War
Hoi An, Vietnam
“Most peo­ple died in the war when they tried to move to oth­er areas. We (my sis­ter and I) are just like the left­overs on the rice fil­ter bas­ket (rice chaff). We were liv­ing near this area dur­ing the war. Our house was burnt! That was because of bomb­ing dur­ing the war. Then the flood destroyed our house, so we moved here.”

“When the war start­ed, we had no idea what was hap­pen­ing. We were just run­ning away and try­ing to hide. We did not know any­thing, so we did­n’t hate the peo­ple attack­ing us. All we knew was just hid­ing and run­ning away.”

“We worked and sold stuff dur­ing the day­time and at night, we hid. It was dif­fi­cult for us dur­ing the war because we had to hide from guns, bombs, and oth­er weapons. Before the war hap­pened, it was peace­ful here.”

Mẫn, 80 years old
Hoi An, Vietnam

 

“When the war start­ed, we had no idea what was hap­pen­ing. We were just run­ning away and try­ing to hide. We did not know any­thing, so we did­n’t hate the peo­ple attack­ing us. All we knew was just hid­ing and run­ning away.”

Man, Surviving the Vietnam - American War Hoi An

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