Xin qui vi va cac ban chuyen gium tin nhan cho mot so than nhan cac binh si bi rot truc thang o Ha Lao nam 1971. Co Kim Ngan la cuu hoc sinh cua truong Trung Hoc Nguyen Ba Tong Saigon.
Tran Nang Phung
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Kim Ngan
Date: 2010/5/24
Subject: [nguyenbatong] Fw: LỜI NHẮN XIN CHUYỂN GIÚP
To: nguyenbatong@ yahoogroups. com
Xin kèm thêm lá thư của Richard Pyle - tác giả "Lost over Laos" - liên hệ với việc nhắn tin bên dưới - sau khi Kim Ngân điện thoại liên lạc với ông để minh xác hài cốt của bố chồng hiện nay ở đâu trong hai tuần vừa qua...
Chân thành cảm ơn
Ng
From: richard pyle
To: Kim Ngan
Cc: richard pyle ; Horst Faas
Sent: Sat, May 15, 2010 9:35:00 AM
Subject: Re: Pham Vi
Dear Kim Huynh,
Thank you for your phone call. You are the only the second Vietnamese family member we have ever heard from regarding the Laos helicopter crash, and I will try to explain everything to you.
Since my former AP colleague Horst Faas and I published ``Lost Over Laos'' in 2003/2004, we have wondered about the families of the seven Vietnamese victims _ where are they, and how much do they know about the shootdown that killed their loved ones on 10 Feb 1971?
We assumed that some of these relatives were probably living in the USA but we had no way to find them. Vietnamese military records were lost, destroyed or confiscated at the end of the war in 1975, and General Lam was no help.
The book tells how through sheer luck a former VNAF airman discovered our story and helped find out the names of the helicopter crew. We could only hope the families might also learn about the book and find us. But years passed without any contact.
Then, last year, I was very surprised to receive e-mails from the wife and niece of Sergeant Tu Vu, the ARVN photographer. They live in Saigon, and had gotten my name from the Newseum, a journalism museum in Washington, DC. They told me they had never known exactly where or how Tu Vu was killed. Our book was not available in Saigon so I arranged to have an American journalist take a copy to them.
At the time I finished writing the book in late 2002 we had expected to bury the group remains in a US national cemetery in Hawaii. This is where the story ends on page 243. But after that, US officials told us that the American photographer's former military service did not qualify him for that burial, so the plan was rejected. We had to find another solution. This all happened too late for the book.
Also at that time, construction was just starting on the Newseum in Washington. I asked officials of the Newseum whether it might be possilble to inter the group remains from the crash site at the Journalists Memorial gallery that would be dedicated to reporters and photographers killed in line of duty.
This proposal was approved, and when the Newseum was opened to the public in April 2008, the remains, in a small stainless steel container, were interred in the floor of the gallery in a formal ceremony on April 3.
I am not yet satisfied. Although the container holds the trace remains of all 11 people, it has only the names of the four photographers on the plaque. I have asked the Newseum to post another plaque that tells visitors the story and lists all 11 names. So far they have not agreed to this, but I am not giving up.
We think it right that all the names should be recorded since they are all buried together. The families of the four photographers, Burrows, Huet, Potter and Shimamoto, agree with us about this.
Next to the gallery there is an exhibit of artifacts and souvenirs from various wars. One of these items is a military helmet that probably was worn by either Col Nhat or Lt Col Vi.
I plan to contact the Newseum and tell them that we have now been in touch with another of the Vietnamese families. I hope that might help to persuade them to put up an explanatory panel that includes all the names.
The Newseum is located close to the US Capitol and other museums, and has thousands of visitors. Its website is www.newseum. org.
Kim, thank you again for contacting me. I hope this information helps you, and I am ready to answer any other questions you have.
Sincerely,
Richard Pyle
----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Kim Ngan
To: nguyenbatong
Sent: Mon, May 24, 2010 1:50:43 AM
Subject: LỜI NHẮN XIN CHUYỂN GIÚP
Kính xin quý thầy cô, các anh chị em cùng thân hữu của NBT nếu nhận ra người thân (có tên list dưới đây) hoặc có thuộc trong hội đoàn nào chuyển tiếp giùm lời nhắn bên dưới.
Trân trọng
Kim Ngân
Xin báo tin cùng thân nhân của quý vị có tên bên dưới đây, đã bỏ mình trong trận Lam Son 719, trên cùng chiếc trực thăng bị bắn rơi ngày 10 February 1971 trên không phận Hạ Lào (Tchepone).
Cựu Đại Tá Cao Khắc Nhật
2nd Lieutenant Ta Hoa, commander;
2nd Lieutenant Nguyen Dieu, copilot
Sergeants Nguyen Hoang Anh
Tran Minh Cong as crew chief and gunner
(Xin thứ lỗi KN đề tên không bỏ dấu và không rành về chức vụ quân sự chuyển dịch từ tiếng Anh qua tiếng Việt - lý do: copy lại theo quyển sách "Lost over Laos" )
Hiện nay hài cốt của tất cả 11 người ** trong chuyến bay định mệnh này đã được phái đòan Mỹ đào xới, tìm được năm 1998 và được mang về chôn cất ở Newseum (dia chi 555 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20001) vào năm 2008...
** 11 người trong đó: 4 photojournalists My/Nhat (gia đình họ đã biết tin từ đầu ngay khi khởi sự việc tìm kiếm). Gia đình Tu Vu (phóng viên chiến trường VN) còn ở lại VN đã biết tin năm ngoái , và gđ cựu Trung Tá Phạm Vi mới được tin tháng nay...
Muốn biết rõ thêm chi tiết xin liên lạc với Kim Ngân về điạ chỉ email trên hoặc Phước Minh Phạm điạ chỉ email : macnikon@trunghocng uyenbatong. com
Tran Nang Phung
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Kim Ngan
Date: 2010/5/24
Subject: [nguyenbatong] Fw: LỜI NHẮN XIN CHUYỂN GIÚP
To: nguyenbatong@ yahoogroups. com
Xin kèm thêm lá thư của Richard Pyle - tác giả "Lost over Laos" - liên hệ với việc nhắn tin bên dưới - sau khi Kim Ngân điện thoại liên lạc với ông để minh xác hài cốt của bố chồng hiện nay ở đâu trong hai tuần vừa qua...
Chân thành cảm ơn
Ng
From: richard pyle
To: Kim Ngan
Cc: richard pyle ; Horst Faas
Sent: Sat, May 15, 2010 9:35:00 AM
Subject: Re: Pham Vi
Dear Kim Huynh,
Thank you for your phone call. You are the only the second Vietnamese family member we have ever heard from regarding the Laos helicopter crash, and I will try to explain everything to you.
Since my former AP colleague Horst Faas and I published ``Lost Over Laos'' in 2003/2004, we have wondered about the families of the seven Vietnamese victims _ where are they, and how much do they know about the shootdown that killed their loved ones on 10 Feb 1971?
We assumed that some of these relatives were probably living in the USA but we had no way to find them. Vietnamese military records were lost, destroyed or confiscated at the end of the war in 1975, and General Lam was no help.
The book tells how through sheer luck a former VNAF airman discovered our story and helped find out the names of the helicopter crew. We could only hope the families might also learn about the book and find us. But years passed without any contact.
Then, last year, I was very surprised to receive e-mails from the wife and niece of Sergeant Tu Vu, the ARVN photographer. They live in Saigon, and had gotten my name from the Newseum, a journalism museum in Washington, DC. They told me they had never known exactly where or how Tu Vu was killed. Our book was not available in Saigon so I arranged to have an American journalist take a copy to them.
At the time I finished writing the book in late 2002 we had expected to bury the group remains in a US national cemetery in Hawaii. This is where the story ends on page 243. But after that, US officials told us that the American photographer's former military service did not qualify him for that burial, so the plan was rejected. We had to find another solution. This all happened too late for the book.
Also at that time, construction was just starting on the Newseum in Washington. I asked officials of the Newseum whether it might be possilble to inter the group remains from the crash site at the Journalists Memorial gallery that would be dedicated to reporters and photographers killed in line of duty.
This proposal was approved, and when the Newseum was opened to the public in April 2008, the remains, in a small stainless steel container, were interred in the floor of the gallery in a formal ceremony on April 3.
I am not yet satisfied. Although the container holds the trace remains of all 11 people, it has only the names of the four photographers on the plaque. I have asked the Newseum to post another plaque that tells visitors the story and lists all 11 names. So far they have not agreed to this, but I am not giving up.
We think it right that all the names should be recorded since they are all buried together. The families of the four photographers, Burrows, Huet, Potter and Shimamoto, agree with us about this.
Next to the gallery there is an exhibit of artifacts and souvenirs from various wars. One of these items is a military helmet that probably was worn by either Col Nhat or Lt Col Vi.
I plan to contact the Newseum and tell them that we have now been in touch with another of the Vietnamese families. I hope that might help to persuade them to put up an explanatory panel that includes all the names.
The Newseum is located close to the US Capitol and other museums, and has thousands of visitors. Its website is www.newseum. org.
Kim, thank you again for contacting me. I hope this information helps you, and I am ready to answer any other questions you have.
Sincerely,
Richard Pyle
----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Kim Ngan
To: nguyenbatong
Sent: Mon, May 24, 2010 1:50:43 AM
Subject: LỜI NHẮN XIN CHUYỂN GIÚP
Kính xin quý thầy cô, các anh chị em cùng thân hữu của NBT nếu nhận ra người thân (có tên list dưới đây) hoặc có thuộc trong hội đoàn nào chuyển tiếp giùm lời nhắn bên dưới.
Trân trọng
Kim Ngân
Xin báo tin cùng thân nhân của quý vị có tên bên dưới đây, đã bỏ mình trong trận Lam Son 719, trên cùng chiếc trực thăng bị bắn rơi ngày 10 February 1971 trên không phận Hạ Lào (Tchepone).
Cựu Đại Tá Cao Khắc Nhật
2nd Lieutenant Ta Hoa, commander;
2nd Lieutenant Nguyen Dieu, copilot
Sergeants Nguyen Hoang Anh
Tran Minh Cong as crew chief and gunner
(Xin thứ lỗi KN đề tên không bỏ dấu và không rành về chức vụ quân sự chuyển dịch từ tiếng Anh qua tiếng Việt - lý do: copy lại theo quyển sách "Lost over Laos" )
Hiện nay hài cốt của tất cả 11 người ** trong chuyến bay định mệnh này đã được phái đòan Mỹ đào xới, tìm được năm 1998 và được mang về chôn cất ở Newseum (dia chi 555 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20001) vào năm 2008...
** 11 người trong đó: 4 photojournalists My/Nhat (gia đình họ đã biết tin từ đầu ngay khi khởi sự việc tìm kiếm). Gia đình Tu Vu (phóng viên chiến trường VN) còn ở lại VN đã biết tin năm ngoái , và gđ cựu Trung Tá Phạm Vi mới được tin tháng nay...
Muốn biết rõ thêm chi tiết xin liên lạc với Kim Ngân về điạ chỉ email trên hoặc Phước Minh Phạm điạ chỉ email : macnikon@trunghocng uyenbatong. com
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