The U.S. Marines would often see the girl as they emerged from the jungle, tense from their patrols, aching from their loads, sweaty and bug-bitten. She was a vision, like something from a dream: an 8-year-old blond girl sitting on the steps of a French-style villa. Continue reading The grandchildren of Eugène Poilane: Jean-Marie Poilane and Françoise Bisiaux
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The old house of Mr. Poilane in Khe Sanh (2017)
The old house of Mr. Poilane in Khe Sanh village (Quảng Trị), Vietnam. The house is almost completely destroyed, leaving only part of the floor. Continue reading The old house of Mr. Poilane in Khe Sanh (2017)
Family’s Eugene Poilane in Khe Sanh
As the trees grew, so did the Poilane family. Madame Bordeauducq, Eugène’s formidable first wife, who bore him 3 children, kept her maiden name to show her independence. Continue reading Family’s Eugene Poilane in Khe Sanh
Eugene Poilane (portrait)
Eugène Poilane first passed through what became Khe Sanh village in 1918, when it consisted of only one house, that of the engineer supervising construction of Colonial Route 9, the first metaled road to Laos. Continue reading Eugene Poilane (portrait)
House’s Poilane Coffee in Khe Sanh
Poilane Coffee House in Khe Sanh Continue reading House’s Poilane Coffee in Khe Sanh