When did your husband go to the South? Did you get any news from him during that period? Were you worried? And what was your reaction when you received the official notice that he had been killed?

It was in 1969 that my husband went into the army. He stayed in the north for about two months, and in December of that year he left for the South. I sent letters to him, but did not hear anything from him at all.

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It was in December of 1969 that my husband went South. I never received any letters from him after he got there. I sent him many letters, but I don't know whether he ever received them either. And then in 1971 suddenly I received an official notice saying that my husband had been killed in that year. I did not get any further detail on him.

I felt really miserable, very angry, and really dumbfounded. I just did not know what to do after hearing of my husband's death. Now, I was really already very angry and frustrated that year when they bombed us. But since after the death of my husband was announced, I have been really out of my mind. I have not been able to concentrate on anything at all.

Sometimes I am just a body without any soul. I cannot hear anything and cannot think about anything at all. I have been out of my mind since 1971 when the village gave me the notice of my husband's death. Sometimes I am just like a crazy person, like a corpse.

Did you worry when your husband was in the South?

Yes, I worried a lot. It was really very miserable. My children was very young then, and I was really out of my mind. I have really been out of my mind.

Do you think your husband died in a worthwhile cause?

My husband died in combat in the South, but I do not know where.

Do you think your husband died in a worthwhile cause?

Yes. He died for the country. But it has been very painful for me, extremely painful.