It was the autumn of 1967, near a South Vietnamese village called Khe Sanh. They are the grandchildren of Eugène Poilane, a Frenchman who carved out one of the first coffee plantations in the land around Khe Sanh. Mannion then persuaded the leadership of the Khe Sanh veterans group to bring Françoise, Jean-Marie and their spouses to Washington. Here was Françoise in a red dress, sitting outside the Khe Sanh house and watching as U.S. troops single-filed past. The siblings spent their week in Washington sightseeing, including visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Source: Washington Post August 20, 2018 20:33 UTC