The Dark Journey: Inside the Reeducation Camps of Viet CongStrategic Book Publishing, 2010 - 246 trang Two days after Saigon fell to the communists, Hoa Minh Truong walked along the path leading to the Tan Xuyen village council. He had been there many times during his army service but this time he was filled with fear. The extra-tight security included a young Viet Cong trooper who clutched a Russian-made AK-47 automatic rifle in his small hands. The gun was just one of many multi-death tools supplied in the name of revolution by the major communist powers to Vietnam's communists. The trooper could not have been more than fifteen years old. In the yard next to the building Hoa noticed a huge heap of uniforms, helmets, boots, belts and ammunition. All of these items had been dumped there when the South Vietnam government surrendered and ordered its forces to disarm. Hoa was on the losing side of the war for reasons that, to him, remained unclear and unacceptable. Now, he and many thousands of others were being forced into so-called re-education camps. Held there without trial, these prisoners faced terrible conditions and cruel punishments. Many did not survive, but Hoa did. In this remarkable book, he offers his story to the world. Author Hoa Minh Truong is a well-published author of fiction, non-fiction and poetry in the Vietnamese language. He now lives in Perth, Australia with his wife and daughter. |
Nội dung
Chapter 1Into the Darkness | 21 |
Chapter 2Ca Mau Prison Camp | 61 |
Chapter 3Tan Anh Camp | 103 |
Chapter 4Kien Vang Camp | 119 |
Chapter 5Bac Lieu Prison Camp | 135 |
Chapter 7ChiLang Camp | 155 |
Chapter 8VuonDao Camp | 171 |
Chapter 9XuyenMoc Camp | 193 |
Chapter 10The Release Day | 213 |
Conclusion | 231 |
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