While most Americans were trying to secure a spot on one of the last helicopters out of Saigon, Maurice was thinking of the best way to notify the approaching Viet Cong forces that he had decided to stay behind. Luckily for Maurice, the image of Vietnam holding American soldiers in bamboo cages is as realistic as any movie featuring Rambo or Chuck Norris. In August of ’76, Vietnam actually forced most remaining Americans out of the country on flights to Bangkok.

Maurice has since returned several times. He even did a lot of humanitarian aid work in Cambodia soon after Vietnam pushed Pol Pot and his genocidal regime out of power.

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