Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Hoang Thi Thu, 1981

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The death of Hoang Thi Thu's husband during his service in South Vietnam
HOANG THI THU
Mixed slate
178 TAKE 1
179 take 1
Clapstick
Interview with Hoang Thi Thu sister of Hoang Thi Dan.
Interviewer:
When did your husband go to the South? Did you get any news from him
during that period? Were you worried? And what was your reaction when
you received the official notice that he had been killed?
Hoang Thi Thu:
It was in 1969 that my husband went into the army. He stayed in the
north for about two months, and in December of that year he left for
the South. I sent letters to him, but did not hear anything from him at
all.
Interviewer:
Stop and start again.
Hoang Thi Thu:
It was in December of 1969 that my husband went South. I never received
any letters from him after he got there. I sent him many letters, but I
don't know whether he ever received them either. And then in 1971
suddenly I received an official notice saying that my husband had been
killed in that year. I did not get any further detail on him.
I felt really miserable, very angry, and really dumbfounded. I just did
not know what to do after hearing of my husband's death. Now, I was
really already very angry and frustrated that year when they bombed us.
But since after the death of my husband was announced, I have been
really out of my mind. I have not been able to concentrate on anything
at all.
Sometimes I am just a body without any soul. I cannot hear anything and
cannot think about anything at all. I have been out of my mind since
1971 when the village gave me the notice of my husband's death.
Sometimes I am just like a crazy person, like a corpse.
Interviewer:
Did you worry when your husband was in the South?
Hoang Thi Thu:
Yes, I worried a lot. It was really very miserable. My children was
very young then, and I was really out of my mind. I have really been
out of my mind.
Interviewer:
Do you think your husband died in a worthwhile cause?
Hoang Thi Thu:
My husband died in combat in the South, but I do not know where.
180, Take 1
Interviewer:
Do you think your husband died in a worthwhile cause?
Hoang Thi Thu:
Yes. He died for the country. But it has been very painful for me,
extremely painful.
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Series
Vietnam: A Television History
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Interview with Hoang Thi Thu, 1981
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Villager Hoang Thi Thu talks about her husband going south to fight and sending letters to him that received no response. She recalls the worry she felt for him and relates her misery. In 1971 she heard that her husband had been killed in action. She describes her pride in him but misses him profusely.
Date
1981-02-10
Date
1981-02-10
Asset type
Raw Footage
Topics
Global Affairs
War and Conflict
Subjects
United States--History--1945-; Vietnam--History--1945-1975; Vietnam (Democratic Republic); Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Medical care; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, Vietnamese; War and family; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Women and war; Children and war
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Duration
00:04:20
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Interviewee2: Hoang, Thi Thu
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Chicago: “Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Hoang Thi Thu, 1981,” 1981-02-10, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed November 1, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-5h7br8mh8q.
MLA: “Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Hoang Thi Thu, 1981.” 1981-02-10. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. November 1, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-5h7br8mh8q>.
APA: Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Hoang Thi Thu, 1981. Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-5h7br8mh8q