February - March 2006
Henry M Bechtold
Journal of our recent trip February March 2006
Wedding reception of Trevor and Ky
Chau Chuot and Dylan at Dam Sen
Long Binh - Ammo Dumo - Bien Hoa
Some responses I have received
People from 2001 - 2003
The Imperial City
Indochine
Old Postcards of Vietnam
2003 Trip
and
The Forbidden Purple City
2001 Trip
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My wife never worries about me having a mistress because she knows that my
mistress is Vietnam, and Vietnam fills me with exquisite joy, and sometimes
Vietnam breaks my heart. But then, I guess that is what mistresses do.
Chau and Dylan at Dam Sen Amusement Park
We have our tickets and Visas. My grandson, Dylan and I will land in Saigon on the morning of July 9. Now all I have to do is find work teaching or what ever happens to come up and I will be happy. Please write with questions or comments. If you have been here before and we have written please write again as you wish. I have met so many interesting people here and enjoyed writing to them all. My name is Henry Bechtold and I live now, as I have for most of my life, in Beautiful Bucks County, in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Just north of Philadelphia, along the Deleware River. I was in Vietnam from September of 1967 till September of 1968. Stationed at Long Binh, RSVN. Most of my time was with the 572nd trans company but I spent some time with the 10th trans, 534th trans and the 543rd trans which was at the OK Coral in Thu Duc. I returned to Vietnam in 1969, 2001, 2003, and most recently, in February and March of 2006. This site is about my trip in 2006. There are also some pages, in the links to the left, which will take you through my 2001 and 2003 trips and there you will find some photos and stories about my time in 1967 - 68. 
Chuot at Dam Sen Amusement Park
Please sign my guest book and send an email if you wish. On my 2003 trip I took someone I met through my web site. He wanted to go back but not alone. So I got to be tourist and tour guide. It was a wonderful trip and he said he is glad he went and feels much better for having gone. It is a theraputic trip for veterans.
When you are done here there is a site with a great book. The book is called A long way from Saigon. It is a story about one persons experiences during the war and beyond from a view point that we don't often hear. If you stop by I think you will be pleased. |
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Gate into meeting complex in the Western corner of the Imperial city |
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