On My Own: How I Survived the Vietnam War

ISBN-10: 1545105138
ISBN-13: 9781545105139
Series: On My Own
Pages: 222
Language: English
Published: 2017-04
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Author: Lotus Tran

Description

During the Vietnam War, there was a young girl who wondered what the jungle hid. Lotus Tran grew up in Qui Nhon, and she imagined that the flashing lights she often saw in the sky were dragons fighting each other. When she went into the jungle to seek food and shelter, she thought it would be a paradise, with dragons resting from battle and food lying around. Her dreams were shattered when she saw the reality of the war. Wild animals, land mines, and booby traps were the least of her concerns. She witnessed battles between the South Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong or the North Vietnamese Army, and was almost killed by a sniper. She was shot at, nearly gunned down, almost was blown up, and came close to being captured. Instead of a tranquil site, she found a place of death and destruction where her next step could be her last. On My Own shares Tran's life experiences, recalling village life as her people tried to live normally in the midst of battle. She remembers the pain that she felt as she watched villagers die in front of her in Vietnam and at sea, as she and her people fled the country. This memoir demonstrates what the Vietnam War did to the Tran's family, her people, and her country.