Perfume River

It reads, "Sat Cong." The tattoo means, "Kill Communists." These men are loyal, dependable, and vicious fighters.

Their mission is to patrol the seacoast from the DMZ south to the Perfume River.

The junk boats in their unit bear witness to the superstitious nature of the men.

This is denoted by the eyes painted on the bow of each boat.

If the communist intention was to take and seize the cities, they came closer here at way than anywhere else.

And now, three weeks after the offensive began, the firing still goes on from here on the new side of the city and across the Perfume River to the old side, the Citadel.

When Cronkite visited Vietnam in 1968, he was so appalled by what he saw that it was agreed that he would write a personal editorial to go at the end of his report when he got back

home.

The, the editor-in-chief is, uh, Ho Tuong Long Hau.

But he was, uh, um, the editor, and he had it, his temple in, in a small island, uh, of the Perfume River, Song Huong, Con Hen, Con Hen.

The Perfume River has an island like that ca- called Con Hen, where they grow a very good corn, very tasty kind of corn, and he had his temple here.

He invited me to stay a few weeks in his temple.

Every morning, he offer me tea with, uh, tuong vy flowers.