The Prince of Bagram Prison
“But then, by the autumn of 1974, only a fool, or the handful of lunatics in the ambassador's office, would have bargained otherwise. Even before December, when Congress took the final step of voting to cut off all military aid to South Vietnam, it was painfully obvious to Harry and his colleagues that the winter approaching would be their last in Vietnam.
Within the international community, those last few months there was an adrenaline- and alcohol-fueled frenzy that Harry would later come ...to recognize as typical of such times. It was an attitude possible only for those lucky few who knew they would be getting safely out and so could enjoy the thrills of war from a distance, knowing they would not have to cope with the aftermath. But for the Vietnamese, the end of the American presence in their country meant something else entirely.
He and An did not talk about what was happening. The Vietnamese were stoics to a degree that Harry had not yet encountered and never would again.MoreLess
Within the international community, those last few months there was an adrenaline- and alcohol-fueled frenzy that Harry would later come ...to recognize as typical of such times. It was an attitude possible only for those lucky few who knew they would be getting safely out and so could enjoy the thrills of war from a distance, knowing they would not have to cope with the aftermath. But for the Vietnamese, the end of the American presence in their country meant something else entirely.
He and An did not talk about what was happening. The Vietnamese were stoics to a degree that Harry had not yet encountered and never would again.MoreLess
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