A
Fateful Lottery Ticket
(In
memory of Major
General Homer D. Smith,
16
February 1922 – 6 March 2011)
Three
decades and seven years have passed
Since
the last helicopter left that roof
The
last man left at the eleventh hour: Homer Duggins Smith
He
was the last
U.S.
commanding general.
Saigon.
Chaos.
Dead
people walking.
I
ran to
Tan
Son
Nhut
Airport
The
darkness covered my fate
The
North Vietnamese communists were around
My
name had not been registered
The
angelic C-130 was waiting…
The
general issued an order,
His
soldier put my name on the list…
The
life lottery ticket saved me
I
will never forget my American Schindler…
Linh
Duy Vo
30
April 2012 ©
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