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From: Nancy Smoyer

Dated: May 20, 2016

Subject: Did Morley Safer Ever Visit AFVN?

Another Donut Dollie and I went to a talk he gave in DC about his book. Afterwards she bought the book and we waited in line for him to autograph it. As he was signing it, I asked if he had ever seen any Donut Dollies while he was there. After a pause, while I assume it sunk in, he lifted his head and asked, "Were you two Donut Dollies? No, I never saw any because you were always too far forward." We just beamed!
Nancy

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From: John Workman

Dated: May 20, 2016

Subject: 2015 Reunion List

I just saw news Morley Safer passed. For those of you at AFVN Saigon 68-70 may have crossed paths. I knew him as I also worked at CBS Bureau while at AFVN. He was a great guy.

From: Ken Kalish

Dated: May 20, 2016

Subject: Did Morley Safer Ever Visit AFVN?

A big salute to General Vo Nguyen Giap!

From: Forrest Brandt

Dated: May 20, 2016

Subject: Did Morley Safer Ever Visit AFVN?

Can I jump in and offer a "hand salute" to that comment?

Forrest

From: Mike McNally

Dated: May 20, 2016

Subject: Did Morley Safer ever Visit AFVN?

Safer authored the bestselling book, Flashbacks: On Returning to Vietnam. It describes his 1989 return to Vietnam and features his interviews with known and less-well-known Vietnamese people, most of them veterans of the war. These included general Vo Nguyen Giap, Duong Quynh Hoa, Pham Xuan An, major Nguyen Be, and others. He also visited theCaravelle Hotel, the Marble Mountains (Vietnam) & air field, China Beach, Hue, Quang Tri City, a Cham museum, an old wrecking yard full of American artifacts, and several other locations. The book also contains reflections on Bill Moyers (regarding the Cam Ne affair), Barry Goldwater, and General William Westmoreland. His trip was the basis of a 60 Minutes show in 1989, which Safer said got a reaction of annoyance from some veterans, and a positive reaction from others.

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