Escape from Saigon

by Ralph S. Watts

How the church survived the final days of the Vietnam War Who lives? Who dies? Thirty years ago, a Vietnamese conference president and his staff wrestled all night with that decision. First published in 1990 as Saigon: The Final Days, this updated edition tells of the dramatic evacuation of Seventh-day Adventist Vietnamese and overseas personnel as the North Vietnamese forces closed in on Saigon. Ralph Watts, who directed the evacuation, gives his eyewitness account of the mayhem and its impact on the church. A page turner from start to finish, Escape From Saigon revisits the chaos of 1975 and provides much-anticipated updates on the state of the Adventist work in Vietnam today.

128 pages, Paperback

First published October 3, 2005

Reviews

[Owen M · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's informational about a war against north and south Vietnam

[Stephen · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the final days of the Vietnam war, many Vietnamese Seventh Day Adventist needed to evacuate Vietnam for fear of the incoming Communist Regime. This is the story of some of these people and how they managed to escape Vietnam.