Here Lai’s Our Truth: Mai
“I have been wandering … never truly having a place to stay.” I am Mai. I am Mỹ Lai and I live in Vietnam. I’m glad that I have the opportunity to tell everyone my life story. I am one of the [many] Mỹ Lai children who was abandoned when I was born. My biological […]
Here Lai’s Our Truth: Tiến
“We were the kids of the enemy, so they always treated us really badly… Like we weren’t human.” I grew up in Việt Nam. My grandma raised me because my mom left me when I was two months old. I lived with her, but after the war, the economy was really bad so they [the […]
Here Lai’s Our Truth: Legacies of War
What are the first things you think of when you hear “Vietnam War?” Maybe you’re thinking about communism or a fresh bánh mì. I don’t blame you, the public school system tends to leave out important history. We are taught about how the Americans tried their hardest to take down the Việt Công and stop […]