Gerald
02-14-11, 12:30 PM
PARIS – It was a love token worn through the blood-drenched rice paddies and jungles of the Vietnam War.
For Henri Huet, the Virgin Mary medallion was his one constant link to Cecile, the woman he loved. The celebrated Associated Press photographer carried it in his pocket or hung it around his neck. It was engraved for her baptism and when he left for the war, she gave it to him.
On assignment, the military helicopter Huet was riding in got shot down over Laos. Huet was killed. The medallion the size of a penny disappeared into the thickness of a bamboo forest, where it slept for nearly three decades.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/13/vietnam-war-love-story-medallion-comes-home/
Note: Published February 13, 2011
For Henri Huet, the Virgin Mary medallion was his one constant link to Cecile, the woman he loved. The celebrated Associated Press photographer carried it in his pocket or hung it around his neck. It was engraved for her baptism and when he left for the war, she gave it to him.
On assignment, the military helicopter Huet was riding in got shot down over Laos. Huet was killed. The medallion the size of a penny disappeared into the thickness of a bamboo forest, where it slept for nearly three decades.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/13/vietnam-war-love-story-medallion-comes-home/
Note: Published February 13, 2011