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Agent Orange: Behind the pretty pictures in Vietnam

Posted on May 14, 2012 by in Uncategorized

Inside a tourist-packed museum featuring sobering pictures of the Vietnam War, the young woman and several dozen other physically challenged people showed off their artwork, ranging from handcrafted paintings to bright bouquets of bead flowers.

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Dealing with the legacy of Agent Orange in Vietnam

Posted on February 28, 2011 by in Uncategorized

A national grant maker in New York and a former congressman from Pennsylvania came to San Francisco on Feb. 25 to explain how Americans can help “end the war” in Vietnam.

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Understanding my own connection to Vietnam

Posted on August 19, 2010 by in Featured

At a well-attended ceremony outside the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, I spotted a photographer and author Goro Nakamura. As a daughter of a Japanese woman who survived WWII, I felt I should talk to him.

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Vietnam: When a smile can change everything

Posted on August 10, 2010 by in Uncategorized

On Day Four of my first visit to Vietnam to report on Agent Orange, I am reminded that life’s greatest lessons often come when you least expect it – like at an orphanage an hour outside of Ho Chi Minh City.

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