Dong Ha Kids

I took this photograph in the course of a trip back to Vietnam in 2002. The children shown live on the site of the former U.S. Marine base in Dong Ha. No trace of that base now remains, and these kids live in peace with no knowledge of the war that ravaged their country.

Edward Palm is the Dean of Social Sciences and Humanities at Olympic College in Bremerton, WA. Dr. Palm is also a retired Major in the US Marine Corps and a Vietnam Veteran.