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March 3, 2007
War Remnants Museum (Saigon) - Joe
The war museum is located just off the backpacker district of Saigon.
It is set just off the main road in a small courtyard and as you walk in you see tanks, helicopters and some large rocket launchers.
The place is split into 6 rooms the first of which has photos of the start of the war. Each building is set in a different phase of the war. The museum seems to be quite anti American.
The most interesting but the most disturbing aspectis the information on the Agent Orange which the American army dropped on Vietnam to kill troops. Agent Orange, when it was let into the air, polluted everything in its path. The effects are still visible today with people with missing limbs and other defects. Agent Orange wasn’t tested by the Americans and they dropped it, not just on troops but on villagers and schools. The photos in the Museum show the ongoing effects of Agent Orange.
The Museum is well worth visiting and it is very interesting to see the point of view of the Vietnamese, and not just the western side which we see in all the films.
Posted by admins at March 3, 2007 2:36 AM