We were in Vietnam in February and visited the War Remnants Museum in Hanoi. It was, without doubt, the most sobering place I've ever visited. I remember the war being in the media during my childhood and teens but never paid a great deal of attention at the time. Whilst, understandably, the museum is full of propaganda from the Vietnamese viewpoint, the images cannot be disputed and they are harrowing, regardless of 'blame'. We saw so many people around my own age with the most terrible disfigurements imaginable. It was the most thought provoking day I've ever spent.
_________________ Always be a first rate version of yourself, instead of a second rate version of somebody else (Judy Garland)
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