It had come from Haiphong. far to the north. where it had picked up its human cargo of Vietnamese fleeing from the advancing forces of Ho Chi Minhs Communist army. Many of them had been taken off the beaches when the Communists entered the city and made their way to the docks in an attempt to halt the exodus. Along Catinat. and other nearby streets. the sidewalks were full of refugees who had A555 come earlier. They had been living there for days. doing their cooking. washing. giving birth to babies. and. some of them dying. waiting to be moved to refugee camps and later to resettlement areas. Soon the moving began. and then the big white ship began to spew forth its human cargo to take the places of the people on the sidewalks until they. too. could be moved. All of their possessions. except the little they could carry on their backs. had been abandoned in their flight.
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