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Subject: Bao Dai and Dalat
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 11:07:57 EST
From:EDGY01 <EDGY01@aol.com>
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To: klk@itjob4u.com

Enjoyed your new page,--received via the AEWA.

Some history: Many years ago my father was stationed in Indochina--he arrived there in May 1950, and was the second USAF officer assigned to Vietnam (then, Indochina). He was the assistant air attaché. He told me stories of their being (his wife, my mother, was with him) up in Dalat along with Emperor Bao Dai going tiger hunting together with the Montangard tribesmen beating the brush to shake them out. I can't recall whether they also camped at Ban Me Thuot. We still have some home movies of the hunts along with some still photos. They're at the family home in Santa Barbara.  I'll show the pictures of the bungalow to my mom, and see if they are familiar to her!

Dan Lindsay
Maj, USAF, Ret.