He had not heard from his friend since he left Vietnam.
"There were guns at the border when we left Vietnam," she said, almost to herself.
Their mother is believed to have been lost in the rush to leave Vietnam.
They hung back from leaving Vietnam until the 1972 elections were behind them.
When the boat left Vietnam, they said, it was jammed with 165 people.
"Leaving Vietnam in tiny boat was more dangerous than this."
In mid-1966, he left Vietnam long enough to star in his last movie.
The war abroad and at home, of course, ground on until the last troops left Vietnam.
The refugees have said 110 were on board the vessel when it left Vietnam.
The number of "boat people" trying to leave Vietnam causes international concern.