Yung Krall
Yung Krall is an American author. Her book, A Thousand Tears Falling, is an autobiography about her life growing up in Vietnam during the war, as well as her life in America as a spy for the CIA, and FBI
She is the mother of Lance Krall, an American actor and comedian.
About the author
After living the early childhood years of the French occupation in her homeland of Vietnam; at 9 years old she was confronted with the Geneva agreement, that Vietnam was divided in half. Although still a child, Yung knew this was a need to endure. She could see her beloved homeland being overrun by the communist presence. Yung's mother made the difficult choice to remain in South Vietnam to raise her children while her husband joined the Communist cause in the North with the NLF, eventually becoming Hanoi's ambassador to the U.S.S.R. Although a difference in political ideologies caused the family to live in different parts of the divided country, Yung's father remained close to her heart through it all. He would be away for the greater part of her upbringing, but would rarely leave her thoughts and feelings. Yung longed for him to be home, but knew his party allegiance required a distance to keep the family safe.
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.