Familiar Names

Being in Viet Nam stimulates memories of names of so many places I never expected to see when I would listen to news reports back in the war days. This morning I traveled by bus from Ha Noi to Ha Long Bay. I think Ha Long Bay is where fellow Valdostan Norman Huggins was shot down and barely rescued from the bay by an American helicopter amidst exchanged gun fire between the helicopter and an approaching Vietnamese gun ship. If You have a chance to hear Norman tell the story do not miss it. It is a nail biter! Ha Long Bay is one of the most beautiful spots in Viet Nam and I look forward to exploring tomorrow.