The Bombs That Never Stopped Falling: The Long-Term Consequences of Freezing USAID in Southeast Asia
A U.S. banknote. While families gathered outside to watch fireworks at the end of our block every Fourth of July, my family stayed indoors and watched them on TV. The sharp cracks of the fireworks reminded my parents of the bombings they encountered during the Vietnam War. Growing up as a child of Vietnamese refugees, I heard my parents’ stories of bombs dropping at midnight and families rushing into basements to escape the impact. It has been fifty years since April 30, 1975, the date...
