The following page(s) were authored by a Vietnamese Air Force Flight Mechanic Be Van Le. Bill Dudley has authenticated the writer, and his writings which are now reprinted in this documentaries section of the Veterans Council website. The story originally appeared in the C-7A Caribou Association Newsletter on April 2017, volume 28, issue 1, pages 25 & 26.The link to the reprinted stories is located at the bottom of this page but first something about the author.
MyrealnameisBeVanLe,butIusedmypennameonmywritings:VietnameseandEnglisharticlesformy relativessafelyunderVietnamesecommunistrulesinVietnam.McBlanLeewasmypennameonmy English articles. I am living in Houston, Texas.IwasborninSouthVietnam,1950,IjoinedVNAFasFlightMechanicOctober1969toApril1975.Iworked onseveralVNAFcargoaircraft:C-119,C-47andC-7ACaribou.Iservedfor5yearsonVNAFcargo squadrons:413rd(C-119),514thC-47,427th,429thand431stC-7ACaribou.IhavetrainedFlight Mechanics of the C-7A Caribou by USAF at Phan Rang AB, South Vietnam, 1972.IleftVietnamduringtheNorthVietnamesecommunistattackonSaigon,atApril29-1975.Ileftmywife withtwokidsbehind.10yearsafter,myfamilyreunionintheU.S.A.Wehaveanothertwosonsborninthe U.S.A.I am a Vietnamese freelance writer, artist and Vietnamese play writer.Thanks Lee.