Scope and Contents
Manuscript diary of a North Vietnamese Airforce Pilot, Nguyen Dang Quy, from August 8, 1961 - September 2, 1989, with the
majority of the content encompassing Nguyen's military service in the 1960s and '70s. The diary is written for the most part
in original poetry, with some additional original prose compositions and a handful of copied work from published texts, such
as "President Ho's Way of Life" and "10 Vows of the Vietnamese Red Army." Nguyen was a committed soldier for the National
Liberation Front of South Vietnam, or Viet Cong, and his writing reflect both his belief in his cause and his desire to use
his poetic gifts in service of "Uncle Ho." Despite his thoughts about his home village and a girl he left behind there, he
is excited to enter into what he sees as a noble fight to reunite his country, as reflected in his early poems.
