“A heart breaking but beautifully written account. ‘A Thousand Tears Falling’ is a timeless story which will touch the hearts of millions around the world.” Max Cleland, US Senator

“Your story has set me free after thirty-two years. Thank you, sister, from the bottom of my heart!” John Givens, “Lt. Peg Leg”, VietnamVeteran 1963-1964

” ‘A Thousand Tears Falling’ has more that paid the price of sweat, blood, and flesh that we left in Vietnam. Your words made it worth the price for me.” Bob Crisman, Vietnam Veteran

“Stranger than fiction, the details of Yung Krall’s life would not be out of place in a spy novel. But this story is not fiction, it is true and it makes illuminating reading.” Marc Leepson, Vietnam Veterans of America

“It is a pleasure to read a biography with a positive momentum. This is a rich and informative biography of a wise, brave, loyal woman.” Mariam Ramsey, Rocky Mountain News

” Yung Krall’s Vietnam memoir is a must-read, poignant spy thriller of a loving family torn apart…One of the finest books on the War.” George Esper, Associated Press – Vietnam 1961-1975

“Extraordinary and deeply moving…Yung Krall tells her story with passion, poignancy and an undying faith in both her family and in the power of the dream of liberty. As always, not only is truth stranger than fiction, in this book it is even more compelling.” Larry Englemann, author of “Tears Before the Rain”

“Yung Krall is truly a great American. I am delighted that this remarkable woman’s story is finally available for others to read and know. My hope is that it will contribute to the healing process that continues in this country and Vietnam.” Griffin B. Bell, Former US Attorney General

“We are now beginning to get, actually for the first time, artistic creation about the Vietnam War by the Vietnamese themselves, telling of the life and times of the people. Yung Krall’s ‘A Thousand Tears Falling’ is one of the best of this genre, if not the best.” Douglas Pike, author of ‘Viet Cong’ – ‘War Peace and the Viet Cong’ – ‘History of Vietnamese Communism’

While her father fought for the communist regime of North Viet Nam, Yung grew up in the South, abundant with natural beauty and citrus harvests. But as daughter of Senator Dang Quang Minh of the NLF, Yung faced the anguish of a child of the revolution.

Like her mother, Yung could never support the communism her father gave his life to. Eventually, she worked for the south Vietnamese and American armies, then fell in love with a US Navy pilot; they moved to the United States, and, in exchange for her family’s rescue from a fallen Sai Gon, Yung became a spy for the CIA.

Utilizing her experience with international espionage, Yung took on an even more dangerous mission: a Spy-Catcher for the FBI under the code name: Keyseat.

From one family… split by ideology in a war-torn country… emerges a brave, resilient woman. Like a river of love over ravaged land… flows a story of A Thousand Tears Falling.

Yung would grow into her teens with a keen awareness of political influences, wise beyond her teenage years. In time, she came to work for American vendors on a U.S. Navy base near Saigon. Here she would meet and fall in love with Lt. John Krall, a U.S. Navy pilot. Through this enamored affection and true love, Yung soon realized her destiny would be a new home in the United States. When physical miles stood in the way of her many allegiances to love and country, she was able to remain true to all of those. She learned how to keep loving her father despite his politics; love her homeland, regardless of the current political leadership; love her family without question of loyalty to their causes; and love her husband for all his qualities; all in a country strange to her upbringing.

During a time when focus for others was on the future, she looked back as the communist regime prepared to invade Saigon in 1975. Ultimately, her mother and sisters would come to America during that difficult time through acts of courage from both Yung and John Krall, with the assistance of many others. But life didn’t stop there for Yung. Her keen insight into the workings of the human mind and the deviance of the communist machine, saw more darkness ahead. She shared her knowledge of U.S. affairs with her frightened and dislocated people. And she was determined to do her all and prevent further harm to her homeland people and family. She was her “fathers daughter” allright; and despite their disparaging political stances, they were cut from the same cloth.

Yung Krall continued her life in America as she lived it in Vietnam. Fighting for what she believed in and not giving up. In time, her work with the CIA and FBI helped to bring down a communist Vietnamese subgroup, working to recruit members in the U.S. and abroad in Europe. She details in modest account, qualities of cunning, resource, espionage, infiltration, and allegiance to democracy. Through her book, her love for the U.S. and its’ ideals, makes a poignant statement. She serves to remind people daily of the values of a free society and the fact that the people of Vietnam continue to live in oppression, aside from what the U.S. and Hanoi government would like us to believe. At every opportunity she thanks U.S. veterans who fought in Vietnam for their efforts to free her people and her sincerity is evident.

In the close of this century, Yung fights daily for her freedom and the future of all people. She serves as an inspiration for the weary and a motivation for the unsure. She has become a true woman of two worlds; her beloved Vietnam and her home in the United States. Yung is the proud mother of Lance Krall; devoted wife to John Krall; patriotic citizen to the United States; and a Vietnamese born believer in freedom for the people in the land of which she was born and raised. If we were only allowed to draw one lesson from this woman, it would be that perseverance and faith surmount all obstacles. Yung Krall is truly a remarkable person of unprecedented composition. I am proud to call her a friend. Her novel explains my sentiments.

“A Thousand Tears Falling”

by Yung Krall

Are you a “NamVet”?
Whether you are a Vietnam Vet, or you know or
care for a Vietnam Vet; if you simply want to learn
more about that troubled era…
You must read this book!

“Like the bamboo, you can be made to bend, but you can
never be made to break…”

A statement about his mother,
by Yung Krall’s son.