A“captivating“(TheWashingtonPost)truestoryof“courage,resolve,anddetermination“(ChristianScienceMonitor),authorRalphWhite’ssuccessfulefforttosavenearlytheentirestaffoftheSaigonbranchofChaseManhattanbankandtheirfamiliesbeforethecityfelltotheNorthVietnameseArmy.InApril1975,RalphWhitewasaskedbyhisbosstotransferfromtheBangkokbranchoftheChaseManhattanBanktotheSaigonBranch.HewastaskedwithclosingthebranchifandwhenitappearedthatSaigonwouldfalltotheNorthVietnamesearmyandensurethesafetyoftheseniorVietnameseemployees.Butwhenhearrived,herealizedthesituationinSaigonwasfarmoreperilousthanhehadimagined.Theseniorstaffmembersthereurgedhimtoevacuatetheentirestaffofthebranchandtheirfamilies,whichwasfarmorethanhewasauthorizedtodo.Quicklyherealizedthatnoonewouldbesafewhenthecityfell,anditwasnolongeraquestionofwhethertoevacuatebuthow.GettingOutofSaigonisan“edge-of-your-seat“(OprahDaily)storyofacityontheeveofdestructionandthecolorfulcharacterswhoresponddifferentlytoimpendingdoom.It’saremarkableaccountofoneman’squesttosaveinnocentlivesnotbecausehewasorderedbutbecauseitwastherightthingtodo.
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