This book follows the lives of six key players during one of the most controversial wars in history.

"During the aftermath of the Vietnam War, Van wakes up one morning to find that her mother, her sisters Loan and Lan, and her brother Tuan are gone. They have escaped the new communist regime that has taken over Ho Chi Minh City for freedom in the West. Four-year-old Van is too young--and her grandmother is too old--for such a dangerous journey by boat, so the two have been left behind. Once settled in North America, her parents will eventually be...

"Lieutenant Colonel Leo K. Thorsness was a Wild Weasel pilot in the Vietnam War, targeting enemy missile sites. On a 1967 mission, when his wingmen ejected from their burning aircraft, Thorsness initiated attacks on enemy planes and other daring maneuvers in order to protect them. Two weeks later, he was shot down and would become a P.O.W. for the next six years."--Amazon.

In 1989, Le Ly Hayslip returned home to her village in Vietnam. She slept in her family's two-room house for the first time in more than 20 years. She came to speak at a celebration to open the first medical clinic ever built in her village. Le Ly had worked hard to raise the money needed to build this clinic. Since opening in 1989, the Mother's Love Clinic has provided free medical services to thousands of Vietnamese people who cannot afford to pay...