Le An

This chapter focuses on Le An as she joined an artistic troupe that performed for military units and youth groups during the war and spent over two decades living in northern Vietnam with the military. It mentions Le An and her troupe's crossing of the border and performance in southern Laos in 1971. It also details how Le An survived a period at the Seventeenth Parallel that was punctuated by the heavy bombing of Binh Dinh and Quang Binh Provinces. The chapter recounts Le An's return to southern Vietnam to reunite with her husband, who served in the army in North Vietnam. It points out how Le An's husband was not able to recognize her when she walked up to him at the rendezvous point in Can Tho after not being able to see each other for so long.

Minh

This chapter is dedicated to Minh, as the third Saigon sister who joined the resistance with slight apprehension due to the tug of being a dutiful daughter. It mentions how Minh resented saluting the French tricolor flag every morning in the courtyard of the Lycée Marie Curie and having to resort to an Encyclopédie Larousse to picture the flag of Vietnam. It also recounts Minh's youth of reading about the French youth under German occupation, singing songs from the maquis, and learning folk dances. The chapter illustrates Minh's risky role as liaison for her sisters and others in the resistance when they needed to pass on information or acquire medicines and other basics that could not be bought in the countryside. It also looks at Minh's heroism in nurturing family members throughout the war, becoming a pillar in the chaos.