Veterans and members of the US-based Madison Quakers charity organization on
March 27 evening played violin, flute, guitar and mandolin to raise funds for
Agent Orange victims in the central province of Quang Ngai.

For the past 16 years, Roy Mike Boehm, a US veteran quietly came to Vietnam’s Quang Ngai province to play violin to
pray for the souls of the victims of the My Lai
massacre. Roy Mike Boehm and his friends in the Madison Quakers have returned
to Quang Ngai many times, wishing to heal the wounds of war in this land.

“As long as I’m still alive, I will continue raising fund to
help poor people in Quang Ngai and share the pain of AO victims,” said Roy Mike
Boehm.

This veteran has raised over VND4 billion ($200,000) to help
over 500 rural women plant crops and raise cattle and poultry. He has also
raised over VND500 million dong to build 35 houses for AO victims and veterans.

Roy Mike’s friends from around the world have also voluntarily
come to Quang Ngai to assist locals.

“Though Mike had no connection to the My
Lai massacre but he felt his responsibility to do something to
heal the wounds of war. Being moved by his act, I decided to go to Vietnam
this year with him to do charity,” said Mike Mossman, an American.

Mike Mossman’s wife and his 15-year-old son also came to Vietnam
and joined the show to raise funds for AO victims.

PV