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May 01, 2000 Vol. 53 No. 17

Vietnam's Awakening

May 01, 2000

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Vietnam's Awakening

Focused on the Future, America's Onetime Foe Leaves Its Painful Past Behind

Pg. 48

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Table of Contents

Articles

The Searchers

The Painstaking Hunt for Mias Continues, in the Hope of Ending Families' Anguished Uncertainty

Pg. 52

A Lion in Winter

Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap, the Renowned Military Strategist Who Vanquished the French and the Americans, Reigns as His Nation's Greatest Living Hero

Pg. 58

Going Places

The Mel Gibson of Vietnam Gets His Chance in U.S. Movies

Pg. 61

Against the Odds

The Once-Scorned Daughter of a U.S. Soldier Hits the Top of the Charts

Pg. 63

Simply Divine

Designer Minh Hanh Gives New Life to Classic Clothing

Pg. 66

Seeds of Hope

American Jerilyn Brusseau Turns Minefields into Peace Arbors

Pg. 73

Making a Splash

With a Hot Modeling and Acting Career, My Uyen Gets by on More Than Her Looks

Pg. 79

A Poisoned Landscape

A Former Vietnamese Army Surgeon Confronts the Grim Legacy of Agent Orange

Pg. 81

Sam's Journey

Adopted by An Iowa Family, a 4-Year-Old Orphan Finds Love and a Sense of Belonging in America's Heartland

Pg. 84

Unforgettable

In Seconds, Lives Changed Forever—and the Horrors of War Were Indelibly Captured on Film

Pg. 90

Enemy of the State

Novelist Duong Thu Huong Rails Against Her Country's Communist Rulers

Pg. 99

In a New Light

Seen for Its Beauty Rather Than Danger, Vietnam Woos Vets and Vacationers

Pg. 100

Coming Home

Twenty-Five Years After Fleeing Vietnam as a Child, a Refugee Returns to the Land of Her Earliest Memories

Pg. 105

Healing Powers

American Vets Turn to Ex-GI Chuck Searcy to Help Vietnam's Disabled Kids

Pg. 113

'I've Made My Peace with Vietnam'

An American War Hero Faces Down the Trauma of His Years as a POW.

Pg. 116

Also In This Issue

Inside People

Pg. 3

Mailbag

Pg. 6

Scoop

Pg. 16

Passages

Pg. 20

Tube Reviews

Pg. 27

Screen Reviews

Pg. 31

Song Reviews

Pg. 37

Page Reviews

Pg. 41

Insider

Pg. 47

Chatter

Pg. 120

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