Minh

Abstract

This chapter is dedicated to Minh, as the third Saigon sister who joined the resistance with slight apprehension due to the tug of being a dutiful daughter. It mentions how Minh resented saluting the French tricolor flag every morning in the courtyard of the Lycée Marie Curie and having to resort to an Encyclopédie Larousse to picture the flag of Vietnam. It also recounts Minh's youth of reading about the French youth under German occupation, singing songs from the maquis, and learning folk dances. The chapter illustrates Minh's risky role as liaison for her sisters and others in the resistance when they needed to pass on information or acquire medicines and other basics that could not be bought in the countryside. It also looks at Minh's heroism in nurturing family members throughout the war, becoming a pillar in the chaos.