Students at a school in the rural highlands district of A Luoi, Vietnam wait for bicycles to be distributed by war veteran Mark Oconnor, 63, of Sioux Falls, S.D. He gave 55 bicycles this year to poor students at two schools in the district. The children live too far away to walk to school every day, he said, and the bicycles will make it easier for them to attend classes. April 21, 2014.