1970s: Returning home isn't always easy

As the Paris Peace Accord take effect, and the policy of "Vietnamisation" is declared finished, it's time for the US troops to return home. For Carl it's with mixed feelings he sets on packing - as he know his time with Chi is up. "I will work to get you over from home," he promises. Only a few days before has she told him that she's pregnant. "You can't possibly know that's yours," his CO has told him bluntly. "So no, it makes no difference. For all you know she's not even pregnant." Carl might be naive, but he's not stupid, he knows it can be someone else's, but he also knows it could be his. What if he's leaving his own child behind? But in this he has no say, and any promises he makes are weak at best. He cannot make the government accept Chi, he cannot prove the child is his, he can send money but he has no way of knowing if it reaches her or not. "I won't forget you," he tries to console th...