S. Viet's Ky hailed by Cleveland vets

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: August 21, 1988 | Copyright information

Nguyen Cao Ky, the former premier of South Vietnam, received a big hand at a gathering of American veterans in Cleveland as he placed a wreath at a replica of the Vietnam War Memorial last week.

Ky saluted the crowd and then lit two candles in front of the memorial, which was flanked by U.S. and South Vietnamese flags. "You know, I'm an old soldier," Ky told the Plain Dealer. "They (the American vets) are soldiers and I came to see...

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