European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 27, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday november 27, 1994 world the stars and stripes Page 11 Hanoi Hannah waged air by Philip Sheno new York times to Chi Minh City Vietnam not Many calling cards list an alias but even in Vietnam few people would know this slight elegant 65-year-old woman by her real name Trinh Thi Ngo. The alias thu Huong Means autumn fragrance the name she first Sedas an English language radio announcer in the 1950s because it was easier for Hernon vietnamese listeners to pronounce. Fewer syllables she said in the Clear nearly accent less English that helped her become a legend. And even that is not the name that millions of american vet crans would recognize. For a generation of american troops Atwar in Indochina Ngo was Hanoi Han nah the Silky voiced announcer on North vietnamese radio the voice of Vietnam who tried to convince american Pis that the War was immoral and that the should go Home. My work was to make the gis under stand that it was not right for them to take part in this War she said. I talk to them about the traditions of the Viet namese to resist aggression. I want them to know the truth about this War and to do a Little bit to demoralize them so that they will refuse to  it was the americans who dubbed he Hanoi Hannah the Vietnam War s counterpart to Tokyo Rose. I Only heard the name later said go whose propaganda broadcasts to american troops lasted from 1965 until the americans left a decade  begins with an a Hannah be gins with an a " she said. The Ameri cans like  after Saigon was overrun in 1975 an renamed for to Chi Minh she moved to the City with her husband a southerner who had been sympathetic to the communists since student Days. He is a re tired Engineer while she still works i broadcasting now at vietnamese television. Their Home is a simple spotless apart ment a few blocks from what used to be South Vietnam s presidential Palace the Den of the puppets As it was called by the North vietnamese propagandists during the War. Reared in Hanoi during the French occupation Ngo was sent to private Tutor sin the Early 1950s to study English a Lan Guage that Hollywood had made her eager to learn. I always preferred american movies to French films she said. The French talked too much. There was More action in american movies. I remember gone with the wind with Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh. It was so popular in Hanoi. Remember we took bread and sausages with us to the theater because it was such a Long  Ngo mined the voice of Vietnam in1955, the year after the communists under to Chi Minh ousted the French and took Power in Hanoi after years in the Jungle. She was selected As an announcer on the radio s new English Lan Guage shortwave service which was beamed overseas. I wanted to join the voice of Vietnam because it was a Good Opportunity to help my country she said holding a Silver framed photograph that showed the staff of the voice of Vietnam at a reception in1967 with to Chi Minh and Gen. To Nguyen Giap the army commander. I was not political. I was patriotic she  work did not take an anti Ameri can turn until 1965, when the first Ameri can ground troops landed in Vietnam and the Hanoi government decided to begin special broadcasts to them. Using scripts prepared by the North Vietnam Ese army Ngo said she was never tempted to alter a word no matter How strident the  agreed with these scripts she said. We were trying to make the americans \ of ? a n my work was to make the gis understand that it was no right for them to take part in the War.1 a v Trinh Tel no known As Hanoi Harmac understand that it was not right for the to be in Vietnam that they were an aggressor that this was a problem for the vietnamese to sort  her 30-minute programs which were repeated several times a Day were not known for their subtlety. Ngo announce the names of the american troops who died in Battle the previous  wanted to make them a Little bit sad she  also read clippings from american newspapers and magazines about anti War demonstrations in the United states we thought of we used the american magazines it would be More convincing to remind the troops of How unpopular the War was Back  said her goal was always to project a soothing convincing voice. She said whenever Felt aggression toward americans As a people except during the bombing the 1972 Christmas bombing of Hanoi when she and her staff were evacuated Toa Remote station 20 Miles from the Capi Tal. ".--. When the bombs came i did feel angry she said. To the vietnamese Hanoi is sacred ground. But even then when i spoke to the gis i tried always to be Calm. And if she did once feel anger toward the United states Ngo insists that she put it behind her years ago. Like Many Northern vietnamese she expresses Little but fascination for the land of her former enemy and she Hopes someday to visit new York Washington Many  her enthusiasm for things american also extended to music she said. To entice the american troops to tune in Toher show the propaganda was intercut with music from records and tapes taken to Hanoi by visiting anti War protesters from  had Bob Dylan Joan Bacz and i always liked Elvis Presley she  King yes with the most legroom Well put. Al what does Twa have that other airlines Don to Comfort class81 passenger service,.for one. With More legroom than any other major . Airline. So the next time you want to get Back to the states Fly on Twa. Comfort class lets you stretch your legs All the Way Home. We even have footrests. It s Twa s Way of saying thank you for a Job Well done. So the next time you Fly Home Fly on the airline that takes you to and throughout America with the most legroom. Twa. 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