Visited the army museum, which was good to see but so sad to see how poorly preserved the "artifacts" were from the Vietnam war (which Vietnamese call the "American" war). The plane wreckage was a jumble of a few scrap planes that were shot down put together. Below, a
prison used by the French during their occupation- and was also used during Vietnam war to hold the American POW pilots, also dubbed the "Hanoi Hilton".
We also went to the Ho Chi
Minh Mausoleum ("Uncle Ho" they call him)- where this former communist leader is
preserved /
embalmed-- very strange-no cameras allowed- we were
allowed to walk past him but if we paused, we were prodded along by the guards. When we left, mom slipped and fell. Ron joked that he was going to get her a t-shirt that said "I fell for Ho Chi
Minh". ha ha
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