THE TESTIMONY OF DO VAN NGOC
[One of the most moving moments at the Stockholm hearings of the Internation-
al War Crimes Tri-
bunal came when a
9-year-old Viet-
namese boy, badly
burned over the
lower abdomen by
napalm, offered
his testimony as
to war crimes conm-
mitted by the U.S.
invaders of his
country. An ob-
server said that
the contrast between the brave little boy and the barbarous use of American technology brought tears to the eyes of those present. The following is the full text of the statement made by this witness. ]
My name is Do Van Ngoc, 9 years old, from the village of Vinh, Tuy, hamlet of Vinh Minh, district of Quang Minh, province of Quang Minh, the son of Mr. Do Oj and Mrs. Ha Thi Giee; both my parents are rice growers.
On the afternoon of June 16, 1966, I was looking after the oxen with my two friends, named Ha Khec and Do Van Giau, when three American planes appeared from over the sea and dropped bombs on the place where we were.
The bombs exploded and the flames
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