A central Vietnamese city that served as Việt Nam’s capital for most of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, but was largely destroyed by American bombs during the War. It was also the site of a massacre by the Việt Cộng, who killed thousands of civilians there in 1968. Remembering the atrocities at Huế, Thi’s family worries that Liberation Day might involve similar massacres in Sài Gòn.
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Huế Term Timeline in The Best We Could Do
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Chapter 7: Heroes and Losers
...learn about the North Vietnamese progressively approaching Sài Gòn. They remember “the 1968 massacre in Huế” and worry that “Sài Gòn would become a sea of BLOOD.” When they hear of...
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