Hanoi Hannah
Hanoi Hannah
Trịnh Thị Ngọ, also known as Hanoi Hannah, is a Vietnamese radio personality best known for her work during the Vietnam War, when she made English-language broadcasts for North Vietnam directed at US troops...
NationalityVietnamese
ProfessionCelebrity
CountryVietnam
liberty tradition abraham
I have always compared our traditions of liberty, like those of Abraham Lincoln and Ho Chi Minh.
avoid bad maybe talks war zone
Well, in our talks we said that if they were in Vietnam, how could they avoid the war zone and maybe they will get bad chance, maybe killed.
correct informed poorly presence seems
It seems to me that most of you are poorly informed about the going of the war, to say nothing about a correct explanation of your presence over here.
several time
And we also read Newsweek, Time and several newspapers.
advised
We advised them to do what they think proper against the war.
capitol democratic
This is the voice of Vietnam Broadcasting from Hanoi, capitol of the Democratic republic of Vietnam.
gis hours program
Our program for American GIs can be heard at 1630 hours.
ideas vietnam gis
Because the GIs were sent massively to South Vietnam, maybe it's a good idea to have a broadcast for them.
country
I had to do something for the country.
war ideas soldier
It wasn't a new idea. During the war against the French we had this kind of broadcast for the French soldiers.
sometimes call-me colleagues
Sometimes my colleagues joke and call me Hannah.
doors world opening
There's a policy now of opening the doors to the outside world.
want pilots hanoi
We asked Jane Fonda if she would like to meet American pilots in Hanoi, but she refused, she didn't want to.
thinking building-up support
Well, we think the broadcasts did have some effect, because we see the antiwar movement in the U.S. building up, growing and so we think that our broadcast is a support to this antiwar movement.