Sad Song of Yellow Skin

4/17/2026

With the Vietnam war raging but a few miles away, the city of Saigon is surprisingly peaceful. Sure, there are GIs on patrol and their is some heightened security around the accommodation used by the soldiers, but for the most part their is a semblance of normalcy in this bustling metropolis. It's here that three young American journalists have settled, all determined to tell the real story of a city under siege. Richard Hughes is an erstwhile actor who does most of the heavy lifting as he tries to house dozens of urchins who have become wise to the ways of the streets. In an almost Dickensian fashion, they have learned how to steal, to fence, to pimp, to lie and to manipulate the visiting soldiers whom they saw as easy marks for their charms. Auteur and narrator Michael Rubbo also takes u