Those Who Stayed

A Vietnam Diary

Claudia Krich

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English

University of Virginia Press
30 April 2025

Biography: general; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Military history; Vietnam War; Gender studies: women

An American Eyewitness in Vietnam at the End of War and Beginning of Peace

By the end of April 1975 almost all Americans and thousands of terrified Vietnamese had left Saigon, fearing the bloodbath predicted by many if the Communists took over. But Claudia Krich and a few other humanitarian aid volunteers chose not to leave. They had no weapons, no cement barriers, no bomb shelter, and no safety, but they were determined to remain in Vietnam to see what happened next.

Those Who Stayed is Claudia Krich’s personal first-hand account of the collapse of the South Vietnamese government and the beginning of the new Provisional Revolutionary Government. Her vivid impressions of those intense, historic days emerge primarily from her journal, capturing the uncertainty, fear, and excitement as the North Vietnamese soldiers arrived. She intertwines personal, sometimes heart-breaking episodes with major historic events.

Several short pieces by others with unusual first-hand knowledge enliven and contextualize the book. Fascinating and unique, engaging and entertaining, Those Who Stayed is the extraordinary story of an adventurous young woman in the right place at the right time to chronicle a pivotal moment in history.

By: Claudia Krich
Imprint: University of Virginia Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 13mm
ISBN: 9780813952352
ISBN 10: 0813952352
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 30 April 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Claudia Krich was codirector of the American Friends Service Committee medical relief program in Vietnam from early 1973 until July 1975.

Reviews for Those Who Stayed: A Vietnam Diary

In a landscape of Vietnam War literature saturated with accounts of U.S. servicemen, Krich offers a fresh account of life on the ground in Vietnam after the Fall of Saigon that handily counters popular U.S. understandings of those events.--Library Journal Nearly fifty years have passed, and now there is a book that tells what happened at that historic moment in Việt Nam back in April 1975. It was a moment of transition that Heaven granted to the Vietnamese. The media has long had images of Sài Gòn and Đà Nẵng, while Quảng Ngãi and the countryside remained a mystery. Thanks to Claudia Krich's Those Who Stayed that mystery has been solved. For those interested in Vietnamese history, this is a must-read.--Le Ly Hayslip, humanitarian and author of When Heaven and Earth Changed Places