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A friendship beyond war | Vietnam Today
A friendship beyond war | Vietnam Today
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The son of an American soldier and a
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Vietnamese veteran have formed an
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unlikely friendship in Da Nang. Behind
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it is a family history stretching back
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more than half a century to a time when
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Vietnam and the United States met under
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very different circumstances. Our
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reporter Chiung Nam has the story.
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>> Most days, Terry Hawkins does not have
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far to go to see a friend.
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Viet lives nearby.
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Coffee,
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food,
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jokes.
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The two neighbors have fallen into an
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easy routine.
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>> I didn't plan on retiring here. I just
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wanted to come and visit. Almost
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instantly, I just thought this is a
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special place. And the more and more I
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stay here, the more I know I made the
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right decision.
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>> But Terry is not the first Hawkins to
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come to Vietnam.
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The man in these photographs is his
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father,
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an American soldier stationed in Da Nang
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in 1966 and 1968.
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His father's war also shaped the Vietnam
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Terry knew as a child.
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Years later, Terry came to see Vietnam
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for himself.
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>> Because of the American war that
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happened, before I came,
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I didn't I didn't know how Americans
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would be accepted here.
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I've I've never met a more welcoming
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people than the Vietnamese people.
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>> And among those people was Viet, his
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neighbor
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and a former Vietnamese soldier.
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>> You must be very proud of
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>> Terry Hawkins' father came to Vietnam
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wearing an American uniform. And years
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later, Tran Van Viet wore a Vietnamese
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one. Today, these photographs from very
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different chapters can sit side by side
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on the same table while these men share
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something far more ordinary, a
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friendship.
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>> The first time I met Terry, he was
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renting an apartment next to my
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daughter's house. When we met, we got
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along well. We were both open, friendly,
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and comfortable talking to each other.
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From there, we became close and
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eventually became friends.
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>> The friendship came first.
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The history came later.
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>> Terry's father belonged to an earlier
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generation. I came later.
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That is a story from the past.
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Today, Terry and I are very close
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friends. Sometimes, we have coffee
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together and talk about the lighter
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moments of everyday life.
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>> Once, [music] Terry knew Vietnam through
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war.
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Today, it is simply [music] where he
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lives.
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And where his friend lives next door.
