Scope and Contents

A signed copy of A Thousand Tears Falling by Yung Krall details the ideological differences that arose in Yung's family during the Vietnam Conflict and the consequences of those differences.

Biographical / Historical

Yung Krall was born in Vietnam during the French colonial period. When she turned 9 years old, her country was split in half by the Geneva agreement. Her mother stayed in South Vietnam while her father joined the Communist cause in the North with the NLF, where he eventually became Hanoi's ambassador to the U.S.S.R. Due to this, Yung grew up aware of political influences and the differences in political allegiance in her country and in her own family. She later worked for American vendors on a U.S. Navy base near Saigon, where she met and fell in love with Lieutenant John Krall, a U.S. Navy pilot. Once she married Krall and acclimated herself to the United States, she found ways to love those of her past despite differences in ideology and politics. When the Communist regime invaded Saigon in 1975, Yung, her husband, and other friends were able to bring her mother and sisters to America. Yung then devoted her time to sharing her insight and knowledge of U.S. affairs with the other Viet Kieu to help prevent further harm to her homeland and its people. She later worked with the CIA and FBI to help bring down a communist Vietnamese subgroup attempting to recruit members of the U.S. and abroad in Europe. She has become an advocate for the values of a free society and a spokesperson against the Hanoi government. (Adapted from Walter F. Rice's biographical sketch of Yung Krall on www.yungkrall.com)