Saigon Confidential

January / February, 2012

SAIGON CONFEIDENTIALFORTY YEARS AGO, AMERICANS COULDN'T WAIT TO GET OUT OFMy guide, True, elbowed me conspirato-rially. "This," he said, "is where they start freaking out." The heat approached 90 degrees, with the humidity hovering at 70 percent. "Aaaaaah!" Suzie screamed, now panic-stricken, her cheeks beet red.Just as Suzie fell into full-on hyper-ventilation, two of the exhibit's employees reached down and heaved her out of the pit. She scrambled away like a POW...