The Americans attack on June 22. One GI reported later to Whitehurst that the doctor tried to fight off the heavily armed soldiers with a single-shot rifle.
There were no Vietnamese survivors to tell her story; the five wounded guerrillas were killed with her. But her remains, buried by villagers and turned over to the family in 1976, also indicate that she stood her ground.
Four days before her death, Dang Thuy Tram seems to recognize that the end is near.
Just bumped into ur blog while surfing. Invite u to my blog and this post regarding rules of war.
Thanks, Arshad. Happy to have you here.
I very much liked your blog, it reminded me of my own days when I read through Rafiq Zakaria’s book ‘Muhammad and the Quran’ many years back.
Though I am an athiest, I have a very high opinion of The Quran , mainly because of its ethical appeal in simple words.
I appreciate, and encourage, your attempt at introducing the Great Book to readers.
My book is different. It talks about something no one I can find has written about – what violence does to war fighters. How, if combat soldiers and marines see too much, do too much, they can cross a threshold into an adaptation to violence and become addicted to it. When your emotional self is killed off, by the insanity of war, survivors of this addiction have a hard time re-connecting with society. Combat is a one-way door. Once you go through, you cannot go back. You are changed.