Page 492 - Thorn In The Heart

Thorns in the Heart I

" My parent opened a small grocery, so after school, I helped my
mom to look over it, and my sister was a cook. "

" You study at Vo-Tanh high school, didn't you? "

" No, Thanh-Tam elementary school, the Catholics Sister
Monastery."

" It is nearby the Mountain Church on Phuoc-Hai street, isn't it? "

" Yes, after one year I had transferred to Ba-Linh high school, the
Catholic Lasan Monastery on Duy-Tan street, closed to the beach,
and then Nguyen-Truong-To high school in Ban-Me-Thuot City. "

" Do you had live in Ban-Me-Thuot until you was, be a soldier? "

" No, After Nguyen-Truong-To high school changed its name to
Ban-Me-Thuot high school. I had graduated at Ban-Me-Thuot high
school and

went to Saigon to continue study at the Faculty of Letters. "

" Why do you become a soldier. "

Nguyen had a glimpse to Phuong, smile.

" I dropped after the 3rd year and because the draft, so I
volunteered to be an Air Force soldier. "

" I guess..."

" 95% of a young man in this country was soldiers after they had
graduated or dropped off school, because they had nothing more to
choose, even they were volunteered. They were got the training in
the military school such as National Military Academy Da-Lat in Da-
Lat City, a high land city of Lam-Vien. National Military Academy Thu-
Duc in Thu-Duc City, and Military Training Center Quang-Trung in Cu-
Chi City, they closed to Saigon Capital. "

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