In past decades, relatives of those killed by the Americans in Thanh Phong have exhumed their remains and reburied them. Thi Nhi did for her parents and three nieces and nephews. Nhi was in the district capital of Thanh Phu on the night Kerrey's Raiders moved in. She says she heard of her father's death from a survivor who told her that the Americans had called those hiding inside to come out, and then shot them. In Thanh Phong, as elsewhere in Vietnam, life has gone on.
Children go to school.
Parents fish, plant rice or plan shrimp farms. Even I have to move on. Still, she's not sure if she would accept an apology from Kerrey today. I don't think I'd want to say anything to him at all. 2001 Time Inc. All rights reserved.