Because of our fathers' involvement in the Vietnam War, we were interested in visiting the War Museum to learn more about it.
They had many US Military items that had been left behind:
A lot of the items were difficult to look at, and I was impressed at how well the kids handled it and the questions they asked. I love how they are able to look at some things and know that it is horrible, but that it was something that happened during a very difficult time for that country. Not that it makes the things that happened acceptable, but they could somewhat understand the reasoning behind the poor treatment that was happening. They most definitely understand now that war is an ugly thing, and why our Armed Forces work so hard to keep it off of our shores.
A "Tiger Cage"
Another variation of a tiger cage. Prisioners were kept in these horrible cages.
The patch in the lower right corner (1st Calvary Division) is the patch that Danny wore when he served in Vietnam.
I can't say that I enjoyed the museum, because like I said, there were a lot of things that were difficult to look at, but it was, at the very least informative. It was also interesting to get a different perspective on what we've always learned. Our tour guide did warn us that the information was pretty anti-American, but assured us that it is no longer the way they feel towards Americans. They view it as it was something that happened, but they don't hold a grudge against the American people - the soldiers who were here were here because they were told to go and fight.
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