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Thorns in the Heart I

             Breasts and plunged a dagger into his heart five times. I cover
         them

             by a blanket and sit on the floor looking at them and crying until
         early

             morning, I opened the door and saw the refugees who were in
         terror and

             extremely afraid, they were carrying cloth bags on their back or

             Shoulder,  some  women  pull  their  children  along.  They  were
         running or

             Hurry walking back and forth to find the safety area. The sound
         of

             any guns fire was echoing from the Ordnance and Military

             Supplies Headquarters. I knocked off few neighbor's doors to get
         help

             but I only met an old man, he was 70 years old and did not want
         to leave


             his  house.  He  had  sign  cross  on  his  face  and  said:  My  god  ....
         after

             I told him about my situation. We rolled separated my parent to
         each

             blanket  and  make  a  hole  on  the  alley-side  at  the  back  of  our
         house to

             bury  them  temporary  because  Viet-Cong  was  staying  on  the
         cemetery

             and fighting over there. It was the image which I never forget in
         my



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