For 15 years Le Bin SonFought side by side with the Americans. In the mountains and deltas. of VietnamIn '75 Saigon fell and he left his command. And brought his family to the promised land. Seabrook Texas and the small towns in the Gulf of Mexico. It was delta country and reminded him of home. He worked as a machinist put his money away. And bought a shrimp boat with his cousin. And together they harvested Galveston Bay. In the mornin' 'fore the sun come up. He'd kiss his sleepin' daughter. Steer out thru thechannel. And cast his nets into the water. Billy Sutter fought with Charlie Company. In the highlands of Quang Tri. He was wounded in the battle of Chu Lai. Shipped home in '68. There he married and worked the gulf fishing grounds. In a boat that'd been his father's. In the morning he'd kiss his sleeping son. And cast his nets into the water. Billy sat in front of his TV as the South fell. And the communists rolled into Saigon. He and his friends watched as the refugees came. Settled on the same streets and worked the coast they'd grew up on. Soon in the bars around the harbor was talk. Of America for the Americans. Someone said 'You want 'em out you got to burn 'em out.'. And brought in the Texas Klan. One humid Texas night there were 3 shadows on the harbor. Come to burn the Vietnamese into the sea. In the fire's light shots rang out. 2 Texans lay dead on the ground. Le stood with a pistol in his hand. A jury acquitted him in self-defense. As before the judge he did stand. But as Le walked down the courthouse steps. Billy said 'My friend you're a dead man.'. One late summer night Le stood watch along the waterside. Billy stood in the shadows. His K-bar knife in his hand. And the moon slipped behind the clouds. Le lit a cigarette the bay was still as glass. As he walked by Billy stuck his knife into his pocket. Took a breath and let him pass. In the early darkness Billy rose up. Went into the kitchen for a drink of water. Kissed his sleeping wife. Headed into the channel. And cast his nets into the water. Of Galveston Bay.