1972 in the Vietnam War, the Glossary

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1. 515 relations: A Sầu Valley, Agence France-Presse, AGM-45 Shrike, Air America (airline), Alexander D. Shimkin, Alexander Haig, Amerasian, Amnesty International, An Giang province, An Khê, An Lộc, Bình Phước, An Lão district, Bình Định province, Anatoly Dobrynin, Andersen Air Force Base, Angkor Wat, Anti-aircraft warfare, Anti-communism, Arlington National Cemetery, Army of the Republic of Vietnam, Australia, Australian Army Training Team Vietnam, Đất Đỏ, Đắk Tô Base Camp, Đồng Hới, Đồng Nai River, Đồng Tháp province, Đức Cơ Camp, Đông Hà, Đăk Tô, Điện Biên Phủ, Ba Tơ district, Bach Mai Airfield, Ban Karai Pass, Bangkok, Batangan Peninsula, Battle of An Lộc, Battle of Đồng Hới, Battle of Kontum, Battle of Loc Ninh, Battle of the Mỹ Chánh Line, Bavet municipality, Bạch Mai Hospital, Bến Hải River, Bồng Sơn, Bình Định province, Bình Dương province, Bình Long province, Bình Thuận province, Bearcat Base, Beijing, ... Expand index (465 more) »

2. 1972 in Vietnam
3. Conflicts in 1972
4. Vietnam War by year

A Sầu Valley

The A Shau Valley (Vietnamese: thung lũng A Sầu) is a valley in Vietnam's Thừa Thiên-Huế Province, west of the coastal city of Huế, along the border of Laos.

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Agence France-Presse

Agence France-Presse (AFP) is a French international news agency headquartered in Paris, France.

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AGM-45 Shrike

AGM-45 Shrike is an American anti-radiation missile designed to home in on hostile anti-aircraft radar.

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Air America (airline)

Air America was an American passenger and cargo airline established in 1946 and covertly owned and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 1950 to 1976.

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Alexander D. Shimkin

Alexander Demitri "Alex" Shimkin (October 11, 1944 – July 12, 1972) was an American war correspondent who was killed in the Vietnam War.

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Alexander Haig

Alexander Meigs Haig Jr. (December 2, 1924February 20, 2010) was United States Secretary of State under president Ronald Reagan and White House chief of staff under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

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Amerasian

An Amerasian may refer to a person born in East or Southeast Asia to an East Asian or Southeast Asian mother and a U.S. military father.

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Amnesty International

Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom.

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An Giang province

An Giang is a province of Vietnam.

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An Khê

An Khê is a town (''thị xã'') of Gia Lai province in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam.

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An Lộc, Bình Phước

An Lộc is a ward (phường) of Bình Long town, Bình Phước Province in the Southeast region of Vietnam.

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An Lão district, Bình Định province

An Lão is a district (huyện) of Bình Định province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam.

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Anatoly Dobrynin

Anatoly Fyodorovich Dobrynin (Анато́лий Фёдорович Добры́нин, 16 November 1919 – 6 April 2010) was a Soviet statesman, diplomat, and politician.

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Andersen Air Force Base

Andersen Air Force Base (Andersen AFB, AAFB) is a United States Air Force base located primarily within the village of Yigo in the United States territory of Guam.

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Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat (អង្គរវត្ត, "City/Capital of Temples") is a Hindu-Buddhist temple complex in Cambodia.

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Anti-aircraft warfare

Anti-aircraft warfare is the counter to aerial warfare and it includes "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action" (NATO's definition).

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Anti-communism

Anti-communism is political and ideological opposition to communist beliefs, groups, and individuals.

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Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery is one of two cemeteries in the United States National Cemetery System that are maintained by the United States Army.

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Army of the Republic of Vietnam

The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN;; Armée de la république du Viêt Nam) composed the ground forces of the South Vietnamese military from its inception in 1955 to the Fall of Saigon in April 1975.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian Army Training Team Vietnam

The Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) was a specialist unit of military advisors of the Australian Army that operated during the Vietnam War.

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Đất Đỏ

Đất Đỏ is a township (Thị trấn) and town and capital of Đất Đỏ District, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province, in Vietnam.

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Đắk Tô Base Camp

Đắk Tô Base Camp (also known as Đắk Tô 2 Airfield and Phoenix Airfield) is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base northwest of Kon Tum in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

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Đồng Hới

Đồng Hới is the capital city of Quảng Bình Province in the north central coast of Vietnam.

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Đồng Nai River

The Đồng Nai River (italics) is a river in Vietnam that originates in the Central Highlands region of the southern portion of the country.

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Đồng Tháp province

Đồng Tháp is a province in the Mekong Delta and Plain of Reeds region of southern Vietnam.

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Đức Cơ Camp

Đức Cơ Camp (also known as Đức Cơ Special Forces Camp or Chu Dron Special Force camp) is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base west of Pleiku in Gia Lai Province, central Vietnam.

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Đông Hà

Đông Hà is the capital of Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam.

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Đăk Tô

Đăk Tô is a township (thị trấn) and capital of Đăk Tô District, Kon Tum Province, Vietnam.

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Điện Biên Phủ

Điện Biên Phủ (is a city in the northwestern region of Vietnam. It is the capital of Điện Biên Province. The city is best known for the decisive Battle of Điện Biên Phủ, which occurred during the First Indochina War of independence against France. The region is a center of ethnic Thai culture.

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Ba Tơ district

Ba Tơ is a rural district (huyện) of Quảng Ngãi province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam.

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Bach Mai Airfield

Bach Mai Airfield is a disused military airport in Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi, Vietnam, located along modern-day Le Trong Tan street.

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Ban Karai Pass

The Ban Karai Pass (Đèo Ban Karai, Quảng Bình) is a mountain pass in the Annamite Range between northern Vietnam and Laos, located approximately 60 km southwest of Đồng Hới and 115 km northwest of Quảng Trị, Vietnam.

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Bangkok

Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand.

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Batangan Peninsula

The Ba Làng An Peninsula (lit) is a peninsula in Quảng Ngãi Province, Vietnam, northeast of Quảng Ngãi and south of Chu Lai.

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Battle of An Lộc

The Battle of An Lộc was a major battle of the Vietnam War that lasted for 66 days and culminated in a tactical victory for South Vietnam.

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Battle of Đồng Hới

The Battle of Đồng Hới was a clash between United States Navy warships and Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) MiG-17F fighter bombers and shore batteries on April 19, 1972, during the Vietnam War. 1972 in the Vietnam War and Battle of Đồng Hới are 1972 in Vietnam and conflicts in 1972.

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Battle of Kontum

The lead-up to the Battle of Kontum began in mid-1971, when North Vietnam decided that its victory in Operation Lam Son 719 indicated that the time had come for large-scale conventional offensives that could end the war quickly. 1972 in the Vietnam War and Battle of Kontum are 1972 in Vietnam and conflicts in 1972.

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Battle of Loc Ninh

The Battle of Lộc Ninh was a major battle fought during the Easter Offensive during the Vietnam War, which took place in Bình Long Province, South Vietnam between 4 and 7 April 1972. 1972 in the Vietnam War and battle of Loc Ninh are 1972 in Vietnam and conflicts in 1972.

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Battle of the Mỹ Chánh Line

The Battle of the Mỹ Chánh Line took place from 5 May to 26 June 1972 during the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN)'s Easter Offensive of the Vietnam War. 1972 in the Vietnam War and Battle of the Mỹ Chánh Line are 1972 in Vietnam and conflicts in 1972.

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Bavet municipality

Bavet (បាវិត) is the largest city in Svay Rieng Province, Cambodia.

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Bạch Mai Hospital

Bach Mai Hospital is a multi-field medical facility in Hanoi and is considered one of the largest in Vietnam.

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Bến Hải River

The Bến Hải River (Sông Bến Hải) is a river in central Vietnam which became an important landmark in the partition of the country into a northern and a southern zone along the 17th parallel by the Geneva Accords of 1954 then ended in 1976.

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Bồng Sơn

Bồng Sơn is a ward (phường) of Hoài Nhơn town in northern Bình Định Province.

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Bình Định province

Bình Định is a northern coastal province in the South Central Coast region, the Central of Vietnam.

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Bình Dương province

Bình Dương (Bình Dương) is a province of Vietnam.

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Bình Long province

Phước Long and Bình Long provinces in map of South Vietnam Bình Long is a former province in South Vietnam, which now corresponds to the western part of Bình Phước province.

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Bình Thuận province

Bình Thuận is a southernmost coastal province in the South Central Coast region, the Central of Vietnam.

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Bearcat Base

Bearcat Base (also known as Bearcat, Camp Martin, Camp Cox or Long Thanh North) is a former U.S. Army base near the city of Biên Hòa in Đồng Nai province in southern Vietnam.

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Beijing

Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital of China.

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Bell UH-1 Iroquois

The Bell UH-1 Iroquois (nicknamed "Huey") is a utility military helicopter designed and produced by the American aerospace company Bell Helicopter.

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Ben Het Camp

Ben Het Camp (also known as Ben Het Special Forces Camp, Ben Het Ranger Camp and FSB Ben Het) is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base northwest of Kon Tum in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

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BGM-71 TOW

The BGM-71 TOW ("Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided", pronounced) is an American anti-tank missile.

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Bien Hoa Air Base

Bien Hoa Air Base (Vietnamese: Sân bay Biên Hòa) is a Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) military airfield located in South-Central southern Vietnam about from Ho Chi Minh City, across the Dong Nai river in the northern ward of Tân Phong, and within the city of Biên Hòa within Đồng Nai Province.

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Black Virgin Mountain

Black Virgin Mountain (Núi Bà Đen meaning "Black Lady Mountain") is a mountain in Tây Ninh City, Vietnam.

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BLU-82

The BLU-82B/C-130 weapon system, known under program "Commando Vault" and nicknamed "Daisy Cutter" in Vietnam for its ability to flatten a section of forest into a helicopter landing zone, was an American conventional bomb, delivered from either a C-130 or MC-130 transport aircraft or a CH-54 heavy-lift "Skycrane" helicopter from the 1st Air Cavalry.

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Bob Hope

Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was a British-born American comedian, actor, entertainer and producer with a career that spanned nearly 80 years and achievements in vaudeville, network radio, television, and USO Tours.

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Boeing 747

The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023.

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Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber.

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Cai Lậy district

Cai Lậy is a Rural district of Tien Giang province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam.

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Cam Ranh Base

Cam Ranh Air Force Base is located on Cam Ranh Bay in Khánh Hòa province, Vietnam.

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Cambodia

Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia.

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Cambodian Civil War

The Cambodian Civil War (សង្គ្រាមស៊ីវិលកម្ពុជា, UNGEGN) was a civil war in Cambodia fought between the forces of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (known as the Khmer Rouge, supported by North Vietnam and the Viet Cong) against the government forces of the Kingdom of Cambodia and, after October 1970, the Khmer Republic, which had succeeded the kingdom (both supported by the United States and South Vietnam).

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Camp Carroll

Camp Carroll (also known as Artillery Plateau, Firebase Tan Lam and Hill 241) was a United States Marine Corps and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) artillery base during the Vietnam War.

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Camp David

Camp David is a country retreat for the president of the United States.

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Campaign 972

Campaign 972 (28 October 1972 – 22 February 1973) was the final offensive in the south of the Kingdom of Laos by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN).

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Cat Bi International Airport

Cat Bi International Airport is located in Hai Phong, Vietnam.

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Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z

Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z was a flight from Singapore to Hong Kong.

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Củ Chi

Củ Chi is a township (thị trấn) and capital of Củ Chi District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

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Cửa Việt Base

Cửa Việt Base (also known as Cửa Việt Combat Base, Cửa Việt Naval Support Activity, Camp Kistler or simply Cửa Việt) is a former U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base north of Quảng Trị in central Vietnam.

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Cái Bè

Cái Bè is a township (thị trấn) and capital of Cái Bè District, Tiền Giang Province, Vietnam.

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Central Highlands (Vietnam)

The Central Highlands (Cao nguyên Trung phần), South Central Highlands (Cao nguyên Nam Trung Bộ), Western Highlands (Tây Nguyên) or Midland Highlands (Cao nguyên Trung bộ) is a region located in the south central part of Vietnam.

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Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.

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Central Office for South Vietnam

Central Office for South Vietnam (abbreviated COSVN; Văn phòng Trung ương Cục miền Nam), officially known as the Central Executive Committee of the People's Revolutionary Party from 1962 until its dissolution in 1976, was the American term for the North Vietnamese political and military headquarters inside South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

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Cessna A-37 Dragonfly

The Cessna A-37 Dragonfly, or Super Tweet, is a light attack aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Cessna.

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Chambak Commune (Bati District)

Chambak Commune (ឃុំចំបក់) is a khum (commune) in Bati District, Takéo Province, Cambodia.

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Charles B. DeBellevue

Colonel Charles Barbin DeBellevue (born August 15, 1945) is a retired officer in the United States Air Force (USAF).

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Chàm Islands

The Cham Islands (Cù lao Chàm) constitute a group of 8 small islands of Quảng Nam, which form a part of the Cu Lao Cham Marine Park, a world Biosphere Reserve recognized by UNESCO, in the South China Sea (East Sea) in Vietnam.

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Chơn Thành Camp

Chơn Thành Camp is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base south of An Lộc in southern Vietnam.

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Chương Mỹ district

Chương Mỹ is a district (huyện) of Hanoi in the Red River Delta region of Vietnam.

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Chương Thiện province

Chương Thiện was a former province of South Vietnam from 1961 to 1975, now corresponding to Hau Giang province.

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Chicago Seven

The Chicago Seven, originally the Chicago Eight and also known as the Conspiracy Eight or Conspiracy Seven, were seven defendants – Rennie Davis, David Dellinger, John Froines, Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and Lee Weiner – charged by the United States Department of Justice with conspiracy, crossing state lines with intent to incite a riot, and other charges related to anti-Vietnam War and 1960s counterculture protests in Chicago, Illinois during the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

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Chief of Staff of the United States Army

The chief of staff of the Army (CSA) is a statutory position in the United States Army held by a general officer.

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Chinese Communist Party

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC).

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Chroy Changvar Bridge

The Chroy Changva Bridge (also known as the Cambodian-Japanese Kizuna Friendship Bridge) is a 709-meter bridge that crosses the Tonlé Sap River in Phnom Penh, originally built in 1963, with Japanese aid.

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Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support

CORDS (Civil Operations and Rural Development Support) was a pacification program of the governments of South Vietnam and the United States during the Vietnam War.

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Clark Clifford

Clark McAdams Clifford (December 25, 1906October 10, 1998) was an American lawyer who served as an important political adviser to Democratic presidents Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Jimmy Carter.

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Cloud seeding

Cloud seeding is a type of weather modification that aims to change the amount or type of precipitation, mitigate hail or disperse fog.

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Combat search and rescue

Combat search and rescue (CSAR) are search and rescue operations that are carried out during war that are within or near combat zones.

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Communism

Communism (from Latin label) is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered around common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products to everyone in the society based on need.

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Communist Party of Thailand

The Communist Party of Thailand (Abrv: CPT; พรรคคอมมิวนิสต์แห่งประเทศไทย) was a communist party in Thailand active from 1942 until the 1990s.

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Conscription in Australia

Conscription in Australia, also known as National Service following the Second World War, has a controversial history which dates back to the implementation of compulsory military training and service in the first years of Australia's nationhood.

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Convair 880

The Convair 880 is a retired American narrow-body jet airliner produced by the Convair division of General Dynamics.

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Creighton Abrams

Creighton Williams Abrams Jr. (September 15, 1914 – September 4, 1974) was a United States Army general who commanded military operations in the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1972.

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Curtiss C-46 Commando

The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a low-wing, twin-engine aircraft derived from the Curtiss CW-20 pressurized high-altitude airliner design.

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Cyrus Vance

Cyrus Roberts Vance Sr. (March 27, 1917January 12, 2002) was an American lawyer and United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1980.

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Da Nang Air Base

Da Nang Air Base (Căn cứ không quân Đà Nẵng) (1930s–1975) (also known as Da Nang Airfield, Tourane Airfield or Tourane Air Base) was a French Air Force and later Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) facility located in the city of Da Nang, Vietnam.

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Dak Seang Camp

Dak Seang Camp (also known as Dak Seang Special Forces Camp) is a former US Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base northwest of Kon Tum in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

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David Hume Kennerly

David Hume Kennerly (born March 9, 1947) is an American photographer.

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David Morrell

David Morrell (born April 24, 1943) is a Canadian-American author whose debut 1972 novel First Blood, later adapted as the 1982 film of the same name, went on to spawn the successful ''Rambo'' franchise starring Sylvester Stallone.

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Dương Văn Minh

Dương Văn Minh (16 February 19166 August 2001), popularly known as Big Minh, was a South Vietnamese politician and a senior general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and a politician during the presidency of Ngô Đình Diệm.

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Defense Intelligence Agency

The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is an intelligence agency and combat support agency of the United States Department of Defense, specializing in defense and military intelligence.

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Democratic National Committee

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is the principal committee of the United States Democratic Party.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Douglas A-1 Skyraider

The Douglas A-1 Skyraider (formerly designated AD before the 1962 unification of Navy and Air Force designations) is an American single-seat attack aircraft in service from 1946 to the early 1980s, which served during the Korean War and Vietnam War.

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Douglas B-66 Destroyer

The Douglas B-66 Destroyer is a light bomber that was designed and produced by the American aviation manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company.

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Douglas C-47 Skytrain

The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner.

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Doun Kaev (town)

Doun Kaev (ដូនកែវ; lit. "Crystal Grandmother") is the capital of Takéo Province, Cambodia.

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Duke Cunningham

Randall Harold "Duke" Cunningham (born December 8, 1941) is an American former politician, Vietnam War veteran and fighter ace.

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Duy Xuyên district

Duy Xuyên is a district (huyện) of Quảng Nam province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam.

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Easter Offensive

The Easter Offensive, also known as the 1972 spring–summer offensive (Chiến dịch Xuân–Hè 1972) by North Vietnam, or the Red Fiery Summer (Mùa hè đỏ lửa) as romanticized in South Vietnamese literature, was a military campaign conducted by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN, the regular army of North Vietnam) against the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN, the regular army of South Vietnam) and the United States military between 30 March and 22 October 1972, during the Vietnam War. 1972 in the Vietnam War and Easter Offensive are 1972 in Vietnam and conflicts in 1972.

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Easter Offensive in southern Cambodia and the Mekong Delta

The Easter Offensive in southern Cambodia and the Mekong Delta was part of the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN)’s Easter Offensive of 1972 and saw PAVN and Viet Cong (VC) engage the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and Khmer National Armed Forces (FANK) supported by the United States along the southern Cambodian border with South Vietnam and in the Mekong Delta of South Vietnam. 1972 in the Vietnam War and Easter Offensive in southern Cambodia and the Mekong Delta are 1972 in Vietnam and conflicts in 1972.

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Edmund Muskie

Edmund Sixtus Muskie (March 28, 1914March 26, 1996) was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 58th United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter from 1980 to 1981, a United States Senator from Maine from 1959 to 1980, the 64th Governor of Maine from 1955 to 1959, and a member of the Maine House of Representatives from 1946 to 1951.

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Ellsworth Bunker

Ellsworth F. Bunker (May 11, 1894 – September 27, 1984) was an American businessman and diplomat (including being the ambassador to Argentina, Italy, India, Nepal and South Vietnam).

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Emory C. Swank

Emory Coblentz "Coby" Swank (January 29, 1922 – June 3, 2010) was the United States ambassador to Cambodia from 1970 to 1973.

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Firebase Bastogne

Firebase Bastogne (also known as Firebase Phu Xuan) was a U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) firebase, located along Highway 547 halfway between the city of Huế and the A Sầu Valley, a feeder route from the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

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Firebase Birmingham

Firebase Birmingham (also known as FSB Birmingham, LZ Birmingham and Huế Southwest Airfield) is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) firebase southwest of Huế in Thừa Thiên–Huế Province, Vietnam.

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Firebase Checkmate

Firebase Checkmate (also known as Hill 342) is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) firebase southwest of Huế in central Vietnam.

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Firebase Gio Linh

Firebase Gio Linh (also known as FSB A-2, Alpha 2, Camp Hill, The Alamo or simply Gio Linh) is a former U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) firebase north of Đông Hà in Quang Tri Province, central Vietnam.

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Firebase Nancy

Firebase Nancy (later known as Firebase My Chanh) was a U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) fire support base located southeast of Quảng Trị in central Vietnam.

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Firebase Pedro

Firebase Pedro (also known as Landing Zone Pedro) is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) firebase southwest of Quảng Trị in central Vietnam.

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Firebase Ross

Firebase Ross (also known as Hill 51) was a U.S. Marine Corps, Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) fire support base located in the Quế Sơn Valley southwest of Hội An, Quảng Nam Province in central Vietnam.

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Firebase Veghel

Firebase Veghel is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) firebase located southwest of Huế in central Vietnam.

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First Battle of Quảng Trị

The First Battle of Quảng Trị (Chiến dịch Trị Thiên) resulted in the first major victory for the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) during the Easter Offensive of 1972. 1972 in the Vietnam War and first Battle of Quảng Trị are 1972 in Vietnam and conflicts in 1972.

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First Blood

First Blood is a 1982 American action film directed by Ted Kotcheff and co-written by and starring Sylvester Stallone as Vietnam War veteran John Rambo.

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First Blood (novel)

First Blood is a 1972 American action-thriller novel by David Morrell about a troubled homeless Vietnam War veteran, known only by his last name of Rambo, who wages a brutal one-man war against local and state police in Kentucky.

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Fishhook (Cambodia)

The Fishhook was the name given to a salient of Kampong Cham Province, southeast Cambodia that protrudes into Bình Long and Tây Ninh provinces, Vietnam, approximately 80 km northwest of Saigon.

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Flag officer

A flag officer is a commissioned officer in a nation's armed forces senior enough to be entitled to fly a flag to mark the position from which the officer exercises command.

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Flight Safety Foundation

The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) is a non-profit, international organization concerning research, education, advocacy, and communications in the field of aviation safety.

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Flying ace

A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat.

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Fragging

Fragging is the deliberate or attempted killing of a soldier, usually a superior, by a fellow soldier.

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Frederick C. Weyand

Frederick Carlton Weyand (September 15, 1916 – February 10, 2010) was a general in the United States Army.

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Free World Military Assistance Forces

Free World Military Assistance Forces (FWMAF also known as Free World Military Forces or FWMF) was the group of allied nations who sent troops to fight in the Vietnam War under the FWMF banner, assisting the United States and South Vietnam against the Viet Cong (VC), China, Soviet Union, North Korea and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN).

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G. McMurtrie Godley

George McMurtrie Godley (1917–1999) was an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Laos 1969-1973, at the height of the Vietnam War.

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Gallup, Inc.

Gallup, Inc. is an American multinational analytics and advisory company based in Washington, D.C. Founded by George Gallup in 1935, the company became known for its public opinion polls conducted worldwide.

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General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark

The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark is a retired supersonic, medium-range, multirole combat aircraft.

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General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the leader of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU).

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Genetic testing

Genetic testing, also known as DNA testing, is used to identify changes in DNA sequence or chromosome structure.

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George McGovern

George Stanley McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012) was an American politician and historian who was a U.S. representative and three-term U.S. senator from South Dakota, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 presidential election.

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Gia Lâm station

Gia Lâm station is a railway station in Vietnam, in the north eastern Long Biên District of Hanoi.

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Gough Whitlam

Edward Gough Whitlam (11 July 191621 October 2014) was the 21st prime minister of Australia, serving from 1972 to 1975.

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Greenwood Publishing Group

Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. (GPG), also known as ABC-Clio/Greenwood (stylized ABC-CLIO/Greenwood), is an educational and academic publisher (middle school through university level) which is today part of ABC-Clio.

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Guam

Guam (Guåhan) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean.

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Gulf of Tonkin

The Gulf of Tonkin is a gulf at the northwestern portion of the South China Sea, located off the coasts of Tonkin (northern Vietnam) and South China.

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H. R. Haldeman

Harry Robbins "Bob" Haldeman (October 27, 1926 – November 12, 1993) was an American political aide and businessman, best known for his service as White House Chief of Staff to President Richard Nixon and his consequent involvement in the Watergate scandal.

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Haiphong

Haiphong (Hải Phòng) is the third-largest city in Vietnam and is the principal port city of the Red River Delta.

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Hanoi

Hanoi (Hà Nội) is the capital and second-most populous city of Vietnam.

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Hải Dương

Hải Dương is a city in Vietnam.

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Hải Lăng district

Hải Lăng is a rural district of Quảng Trị province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam.

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Hội An

Hội An, formerly known in the Western world as Faifoo or Faifo, is a city of approximately 120,000 people in Vietnam's Quảng Nam Province, registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999.

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Henry Kissinger

Henry Alfred Kissinger (May 27, 1923November 29, 2023) was an American diplomat and political scientist who served as the United States secretary of state from 1973 to 1977 and national security advisor from 1969 to 1975, in the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

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Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC; Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh), commonly referred to by its former name Saigon (Sài Gòn), is the most populous city in Vietnam, with a population of around 10 million in 2023.

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Ho Chi Minh City Hall

Ho Chi Minh City Hall, officially called the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Head Office (Trụ sở Ủy ban Nhân dân Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh), is the city hall of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

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Ho Chi Minh trail

The Ho Chi Minh Trail, also called Annamite Range Trail was a logistical network of roads and trails that ran from North Vietnam to South Vietnam through the kingdoms of Laos and Cambodia.

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Hoài Ân district

Hoài Ân is a district (huyện) of Bình Định province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam.

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Hoài Nhơn

Hoài Nhơn is a district-level town (thị xã) of Bình Định province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam.

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Hoàng Xuân Lãm

Hoàng Xuân Lãm (10 October 1928, Huế–2 May 2017, Davis, California) was a South Vietnamese lieutenant general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN).

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.

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Huế

Huế is the capital of Thừa Thiên Huế province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam, located near the center of Vietnam.

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Hubert Humphrey

Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American politician and statesman who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969.

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Hughes OH-6 Cayuse

The Hughes OH-6 Cayuse is a single-engine light helicopter designed and produced by the American aerospace company Hughes Helicopters.

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Hungary

Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

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I Corps (South Vietnam)

I Corps was a corps of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), the army of the nation state of South Vietnam that existed from 1955 to 1975.

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Iceal Hambleton

Iceal Eugene "Gene" Hambleton (November 16, 1918 – September 19, 2004) was a career United States Air Force navigator who was shot down over South Vietnam during the 1972 Easter Offensive.

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Imperial City of Huế

The Imperial City (Hoàng thành; 皇城) is a walled enclosure within the citadel (label; 京城) of the city of Huế, the former imperial capital of Vietnam during the Nguyễn dynasty.

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In Tam

In Tam (អ៊ិន តាំ; 22 September 19161 April 2006) was a Cambodian politician who once served as the prime minister of the Khmer Republic.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Indonesia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.

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International Control Commission

The International Control Commission (abbreviated ICC; Commission Internationale de Contrôle, or CIC), was an international force established in 1954.

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Ivy League

The Ivy League is an American collegiate athletic conference of eight private research universities in the Northeastern United States.

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James F. Hamlet

James F. Hamlet (December 13, 1921 – January 5, 2001) was the second African American United States Army Major General and division commander.

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Jane Fonda

Jane Seymour Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an American actress and activist.

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Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery is an American military cemetery located in St. Louis County, Missouri, just on the banks of the Mississippi River.

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Jeffrey Feinstein

Jeffrey S. Feinstein (born January 29, 1945) is a retired career officer of the United States Air Force (USAF).

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John D. Lavelle

John Daniel Lavelle (September 9, 1916 – July 10, 1979) was a United States Air Force general and commander of Seventh Air Force, with headquarters at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Republic of Vietnam.

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John Negroponte

John Dimitri Negroponte (born July 21, 1939) is an American diplomat.

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John Paul Vann

John Paul Vann (born John Paul Tripp; July 2, 1924 – June 9, 1972) was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army, later retired, who became well known for his role in the Vietnam War.

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John Ripley (USMC)

John Walter Ripley (June 29, 1939 – October 28, 2008) was a decorated United States Marine Corps Colonel who received the Navy Cross for his actions in combat during the Vietnam War.

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John S. McCain Jr.

John Sidney "Jack" McCain Jr. (January 17, 1911 – March 22, 1981) was a United States Navy admiral who served in conflicts from the 1940s through the 1970s, including as the Commander, United States Pacific Command.

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John Sherman Cooper

John Sherman Cooper (August 23, 1901 – February 21, 1991) was an American politician, jurist, and diplomat from the United States.

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John W. Vogt Jr.

General John William Vogt Jr. (March 18, 1920 – April 16, 2010) was a flying ace of the United States Army Air Forces in World War II who later achieved the rank of general in the United States Air Force during the Cold War period.

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Joint Chiefs of Staff

The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) is the body of the most senior uniformed leaders within the United States Department of Defense, which advises the president of the United States, the secretary of defense, the Homeland Security Council and the National Security Council on military matters.

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Joint General Staff

The Joint General Staff (JGS) was a body of senior uniformed leaders in the South Vietnamese military which advised the Ministry of National Defence and the President of South Vietnam.

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Joint United States Public Affairs Office

The Joint United States Public Affairs Office (JUSPAO) was a multi-agency organization that provided integrated Information Operations support in South Vietnam from 1965 to 1972.

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Joseph Kittinger

Joseph William Kittinger II (July 27, 1928 – December 9, 2022) was an officer in the United States Air Force (USAF) who served from 1950 to 1978, and earned Command Pilot status before retiring with the rank of colonel.

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Kampot Airport

Kampot Airport is a public use airport located northwest of Kampot, Kâmpôt, Cambodia.

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Kép

Kép is a township (Thị trấn) of Lạng Giang District, Bắc Giang Province, in north-eastern Vietnam.

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Kép Air Base

Kép Air Base is a Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) (Không quân Nhân dân Việt Nam) military airfield located near the town of Kép, Bắc Giang province approximately northeast of Hanoi.

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Khe Sanh

Khe Sanh is the district capital of Hướng Hoá District, Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam, located 63 km west of Đông Hà.

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Khmer Air Force

The Khmer Air Force (ទ័ពអាកាសខ្មែរ; Armée de l'air khmère; AAK), commonly known by its americanized acronym KAF (or KhAF) was the air force component of the Khmer National Armed Forces (FANK), the official military of the Khmer Republic during the Cambodian Civil War between 1970 and 1975.

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Khmer National Army

The Khmer National Army (កងទ័ពជាតិខ្មែរ; Armée nationale khmère, ANK) was the land component of the Khmer National Armed Forces (FANK), the official military of the Khmer Republic during the Cambodian Civil War between 1970 and 1975.

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Khmer Republic

The Khmer Republic (សាធារណរដ្ឋខ្មែរ,; République khmère) was a Cambodian state under the United States-backed military dictatorship of Marshal Lon Nol from 1970 to 1975.

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Khmer Rouge

The Khmer Rouge (ខ្មែរក្រហម) is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) and by extension to the regime through which the CPK ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979.

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Kien An Airport

Kien An Airport (Vietnamese language: Sân bay Kiến An) is a military airport, a standby airport for Cat Bi Airport in Haiphong, northern Vietnam.

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Kingdom of Laos

The Kingdom of Laos was the form of government in Laos from 1947 to 1975.

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Kon Tum

Kon Tum City is the capital city of Kon Tum Province in Vietnam.

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Kontum Airfield

Kontum Airfield is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base located in Kon Tum in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

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Kurt Waldheim

Kurt Josef Waldheim (21 December 1918 – 14 June 2007) was an Austrian politician and diplomat.

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La Vang

La Vang or Lavang is a location in Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam.

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Lai Khê

Lai Khê (Lai Khê hamlet, Lai Hưng commune, Bến Cát, Bình Dương Province) (also known as Lai Khê Base) was a former Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and U.S. Army base, located along Highway 13 to the northwest of Saigon and about 20 km north of Thủ Dầu Một in southern Vietnam.

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Landing Zone English

Landing Zone English (also known as English Airfield, LZ Dog, LZ English or simply Bong Son) is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base in Bồng Sơn, Bình Định Province, Vietnam.

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Laos

Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country and one of the two Marxist-Leninist states in Southeast Asia.

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Laotian Civil War

The Laotian Civil War was waged between the Communist Pathet Lao and the Royal Lao Government from 23 May 1959 to 2 December 1975.

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Laser-guided bomb

A laser-guided bomb (LGB) is a guided bomb that uses semi-active laser guidance to strike a designated target with greater accuracy than an unguided bomb.

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Lạng Sơn

Lạng Sơn is a city in far Northern Vietnam, and the capital of Lạng Sơn Province.

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Lộc Ninh (township)

Lộc Ninh is a township and the capital of Lộc Ninh district, Bình Phước province in the Southeast region of Vietnam.

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Lái Thiêu

Lái Thiêu is a ward of Thuận An town in Bình Dương Province of Southeast region of Vietnam.

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Lê Đức Thọ

Lê Đức Thọ (English: Lay-Duhk-Toh; 14 October 1911 – 13 October 1990), born Phan Đình Khải in Nam Dinh Province, was a Vietnamese revolutionary general, diplomat, and politician.

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Lê Minh Đảo

Lê Minh Đảo (5 March 1933 – 19 March 2020) was a Major general in the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN).

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Leader of the Chinese Communist Party

The leader of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the highest-ranking official and head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

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Leonid Brezhnev

Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (19 December 1906– 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 until his death in 1982, and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (head of state) from 1960 to 1964 and again from 1977 to 1982.

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Leper colony

A leper colony, also known by many other names, is an isolated community for the quarantining and treatment of lepers, people suffering from leprosy.

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Lieutenant colonel (United States)

In the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, lieutenant colonel is a field-grade officer rank, just above the rank of major and just below the rank of colonel.

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List of ambassadors of the United States to Cambodia

This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Cambodia.

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List of heads of state of the Soviet Union

The Constitution of the Soviet Union recognised the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (between 1938 and 1989) and the earlier Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the Congress of Soviets (between 1922 and 1938) as the highest organs of state authority in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) between legislative sessions.

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List of leaders of South Vietnam

This is a list of leaders of South Vietnam, since the establishment of the Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina in 1946, and the division of Vietnam in 1954 until the fall of the Republic of Vietnam in 1975, and the reunification of Vietnam in 1976.

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Lockheed AC-130

The Lockheed AC-130 gunship is a heavily armed, long-endurance, ground-attack variant of the C-130 Hercules transport, fixed-wing aircraft.

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Lockheed C-130 Hercules

The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin).

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Lockheed C-141 Starlifter

The Lockheed C-141 Starlifter is a retired military strategic airlifter that served with the Military Air Transport Service (MATS), its successor organization the Military Airlift Command (MAC), and finally the Air Mobility Command (AMC) of the United States Air Force (USAF).

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Lom Sak district

Lom Sak is a district (amphoe) in the northern part of Phetchabun province, northern Thailand.

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Lon Nol

Marshal Lon Nol (លន់ នល់, also លន់ ណុល; 13 November 1913 – 17 November 1985) was a Cambodian politician and general who served as Prime Minister of Cambodia twice (1966–67; 1969–71), as well as serving repeatedly as defence minister and provincial governor.

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Long Biên Bridge

Long Biên Bridge (Cầu Long Biên) is a historic cantilever bridge across the Red River that connects two districts, Hoàn Kiếm and Long Biên of the city of Hanoi, Vietnam.

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Long Binh Post

Long Binh Post (Tổng kho Long Bình) is a former U.S. Army base located in Long Bình, Đồng Nai between Biên Hòa and Saigon, Vietnam.

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Long Boret

Long Boret (ឡុង បូរ៉េត,; 3 January 1933 – 21 April 1975) was a Cambodian politician who served as the last prime minister of the Khmer Republic from 26 December 1973, to 17 April 1975.

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Long Thành (township in Đồng Nai)

Long Thành is a township in Long Thành District, Đồng Nai Province, southern Vietnam, 70 km northwest of Vũng Tàu, 20 km southwest of Biên Hòa.

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Long Thành district

Long Thành is a rural district of Đồng Nai province in the Southeast region of Vietnam.

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Long Tieng

Long Tieng (also spelled Long Chieng, Long Cheng, or Long Chen) is a Laotian military base in Xaisomboun Province.

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LTV A-7 Corsair II

The LTV A-7 Corsair II is an American carrier-capable subsonic light attack aircraft designed and manufactured by Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV).

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Luang Prabang

Luang Phabang, (Lao: ຫລວງພະບາງ/ຫຼວງພະບາງ) or Louangphabang (pronounced), commonly transliterated into Western languages from the pre-1975 Lao spelling ຫຼວງພຣະບາງ (ຣ.

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Luang Prabang International Airport

Luang Prabang International Airport (Lao: ສະຫນາມບິນສາກົນຫຼວງພະບາງ), is one of the few international airports in Laos.

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M107 self-propelled gun

The M107 self-propelled gun was used by the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps from the early 1960s to the late 1970s.

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M113 armored personnel carrier

The M113 is a fully tracked armored personnel carrier (APC) that was developed and produced by the FMC Corporation.

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M202 FLASH

The M202 FLASH ("Flame Assault Shoulder") is an American rocket launcher manufactured by Northrop Corporation, designed to replace the World War II–vintage flamethrowers (such as the M1 and the M2) that remained the military's standard incendiary devices well into the 1980s.

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M41 Walker Bulldog

The M41 Walker Bulldog, officially 76-mm gun tank M41, was an American light tank developed for armed reconnaissance purposes.

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M48 Patton

The M48 Patton is an American first-generation main battle tank (MBT) introduced in February 1952, being designated as the 90mm Gun Tank: M48.

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Malcolm Browne

Malcolm Wilde Browne (April 17, 1931August 27, 2012) was an American journalist and photographer, best known for his award-winning photograph of the self-immolation of Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức in 1963.

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Man-portable air-defense system

Man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS or MPADS) are portable surface-to-air missiles.

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Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese politician, Marxist theorist, military strategist, poet, and revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC).

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Marble Mountain Air Facility

Marble Mountain Air Facility (MMAF), also known as Da Nang East Airfield, Marble Mountain Army Airfield and Nuoc Man Airfield, was an aviation facility used primarily by the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Max Frankel

Max Frankel (born April 3, 1930) is an American journalist.

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Maxwell D. Taylor

Maxwell Davenport Taylor (August 26, 1901 – April 19, 1987) was a senior United States Army officer and diplomat of the mid-20th century.

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Mộ Đức district

Mộ Đức is a district (huyện) of Quảng Ngãi province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam.

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McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy.

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Medal of Honor

The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians, and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor.

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Medical evacuation

Medical evacuation, often shortened to medevac or medivac, is the timely and efficient movement and en route care provided by medical personnel to wounded being evacuated from a battlefield, to injured patients being evacuated from the scene of an accident to receiving medical facilities, or to patients at a rural hospital requiring urgent care at a better-equipped facility using medically equipped air ambulances, helicopters and other means of emergency transport including ground ambulance and maritime transfers.

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Mekong Delta

The Mekong Delta (lit or simply label), also known as the Western Region (Miền Tây) or South-western region (Tây Nam Bộ), is the region in southwestern Vietnam where the Mekong River approaches and empties into the sea through a network of distributaries.

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Melvin Laird

Melvin Robert Laird Jr. (September 1, 1922 – November 16, 2016) was an American politician, writer and statesman.

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Michael Blassie

Michael Joseph Blassie (April 4, 1948 – May 11, 1972) was a United States Air Force officer who was killed in action during the Vietnam War in May 1972.

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Michael E. Thornton

Michael Edwin Thornton (born March 23, 1949) is a retired United States Navy SEAL and recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Vietnam War.

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Mikoyan

Russian Aircraft Corporation "MiG" (Rossiyskaya samolyotostroitel'naya korporatsiya "MiG"), commonly known as Mikoyan and MiG, is a Russian aerospace and defence company headquartered in Begovoy District, Moscow.

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-17; NATO reporting name: Fresco) is a high-subsonic fighter aircraft produced in the Soviet Union from 1952 and was operated by air forces internationally.

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union.

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Military Assistance Command, Vietnam

The U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) was a joint-service command of the United States Department of Defense, composed of forces from the United States Army, United States Navy, and United States Air Force, as well as their respective special operations forces.

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Monivong Bridge

Monivong Bridge (Khmer: ស្ពានព្រះមុនីវង្ស) is a heavily trafficked bridge in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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Motor torpedo boat

A motor torpedo boat is a fast torpedo boat, especially of the mid 20th century.

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My Lai massacre

The My Lai massacre (Thảm sát Mỹ Lai) was a war crime committed by the United States Army on 16 March 1968, involving the mass murder of unarmed civilians in Sơn Mỹ village, Quảng Ngãi province, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War.

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Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Navy Base

The Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Navy Base (NKP), formerly Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, is a Royal Thai Navy facility used for riverine patrols along the Mekong River.

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Nam Định

Nam Định is a city in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam.

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Napalm

Napalm is an incendiary mixture of a gelling agent and a volatile petrochemical (usually gasoline or diesel fuel).

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National Route 13 (Vietnam)

National Route 13 (Quốc lộ 13) is a highway in southern Vietnam stretching from the northeastern outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, the commercial centre and most populous region of the country, towards the border to Cambodia.

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National Route 19 (Vietnam)

National Route 19 (Quốc lộ 19 or Đường 19) runs across Vietnam roughly in line with the 14th parallel north.

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Naval Weapons Station Earle

Naval Weapons Station Earle, originally known as the Naval Ammunition Depot Earle, is a United States Navy base in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Newsweek

Newsweek is a weekly news magazine.

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Ngô Du

Ngô Du (1925–1977) was a Lieutenant general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN).

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Ngô Quang Trưởng

Ngô Quang Trưởng (13 December 1929 — 22 January 2007) was an officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN).

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Nguyễn Chánh Thi

Nguyễn Chánh Thi (23 February 1923 – 23 June 2007) was an officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN).

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Nguyễn Văn Minh

Nguyễn Văn Minh (1929-2006) was a general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) during the Vietnam War.

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Nguyễn Văn Thiệu

Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (5 April 1923 – 29 September 2001) was a South Vietnamese military officer and politician who was the president of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975.

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Nguyễn Văn Toàn (general)

Nguyễn Văn Toàn (6 October 1932 – 19 October 2005) was a Lieutenant general in the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN).

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Nguyễn Văn Vy

Nguyễn Văn Vy (16 January 1916 – 1981) was a South Vietnamese soldier who rose to the rank of General in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN).

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Nhân Dân

Nhân Dân (People) is the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

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Nick Ut

Huỳnh Công Út, known professionally as Nick Ut (born March 29, 1951), is a Vietnamese-American photographer who worked for the Associated Press in Los Angeles.

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Nikolai Podgorny

Nikolai Viktorovich Podgorny (– 12 January 1983) was a Soviet statesman who served as the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, the head of state of the Soviet Union, from 1965 to 1977.

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Noel Gayler

Noel Arthur Meredyth Gayler (December 25, 1913 – July 14, 2011) was an admiral in the United States Navy, who served as the sixth Director of the National Security Agency from 1969 to 1972, and ninth Commander of Pacific Command from 1972 to 1976.

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Norodom Sihanouk

Norodom Sihanouk (31 October 192215 October 2012) was a member of the Cambodian royal house who led the country as King and Prime Minister.

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North Vietnam

North Vietnam, officially the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV; Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa; chữ Nôm: 越南民主共和), was a socialist state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1945 to 1976, with formal sovereignty being fully recognized in 1954.

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Operation Black Lion

Operation Black Lion (15 June – 19 October 1972) was a Royal Lao Government counter-offensive against a People's Army of Vietnam thrust that cut the Kingdom of Laos in two at Khong Sedone during May 1972.

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Operation Black Lion III

Operation Black Lion III (18 October 1972 – 22 February 1973) was one of the last Royal Lao Army offensives of the Laotian Civil War.

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Operation Fa Ngum

Operation Fa Ngum (1–27 April 1972) was a Laotian military offensive aimed at capturing the villages of Ban Ngik and Laongam as bases for incursions onto the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

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Operation Linebacker

Operation Linebacker was the codename of a U.S. Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 air interdiction campaign conducted against North Vietnam from 9 May to 23 October 1972, during the Vietnam War. 1972 in the Vietnam War and Operation Linebacker are 1972 in Vietnam.

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Operation Linebacker II

Operation Linebacker II, sometimes referred to as the Christmas bombings, was a strategic bombing campaign conducted by the United States against targets in North Vietnam from December 18 to December 29, 1972, during the Vietnam War. 1972 in the Vietnam War and Operation Linebacker II are 1972 in Vietnam.

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Operation Maharat II

Operation Maharat II (31 December 1972 – 5 February 1973) was a Royalist offensive against Pathet Lao insurrectionists during the Laotian Civil War.

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Operation Phou Phiang II

Operation Phou Phiang II (6 August – 25 October 1972) was one of the final battles of the Laotian Civil War.

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Operation Pocket Money

Operation Pocket Money was the title of a U.S. Navy Task Force 77 aerial mining campaign conducted against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) from 9 May 1972 (Vietnamese time), during the Vietnam War.

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Operation Prek Ta

Operation Prek Ta was a joint Cambodian-South Vietnamese offensive at the beginning of 1972 against Communist forces south of Route I. The result proved inconclusive, and the Khmer National Armed Forces was forced to pull back to Phnom Penh. 1972 in the Vietnam War and Operation Prek Ta are 1972 in Vietnam.

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Operation Rolling Thunder

Operation Rolling Thunder was a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the United States (U.S.) 2nd Air Division (later Seventh Air Force), U.S. Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) against North Vietnam from 2 March 1965 until 2 November 1968, during the Vietnam War.

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Operation Sinsay

Operation Sinsay (11 February – c. 31 March 1972) was a Royal Lao Government offensive of the Laotian Civil War.

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Operation Speedy Express

Operation Speedy Express was a controversial military operation conducted by the United States Army's 9th Infantry Division during the Vietnam War in the Mekong Delta provinces of Kiến Hòa and Vĩnh Bình.

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Operation Strength (1972)

Operation Strength (6 February – 17 March 1972) was a Royalist military offensive of the Laotian Civil War.

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Operation Strength II

Operation Strength II (6–31 March 1972) was a Royalist military offensive of the Laotian Civil War.

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Operation Thunderhead

Operation Thunderhead was a highly classified combat mission conducted by U.S. Navy SEAL Team One and Underwater Demolition Team 11 (UDT-11) in 1972. 1972 in the Vietnam War and Operation Thunderhead are 1972 in Vietnam and conflicts in 1972.

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Operations Enhance and Enhance Plus

Operations Enhance and Enhance Plus in the Vietnam War transferred large quantities of United States military equipment and bases to the South Vietnamese government in advance of the Paris Peace Accords which ended American involvement in the war. 1972 in the Vietnam War and Operations Enhance and Enhance Plus are 1972 in Vietnam.

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P 4-class torpedo boat

The P 4-class torpedo boat, Soviet designations Project 123-bis and Project 123-K, commonly called the Komsomolets class (Russian: Комсомолец, a male member of the Komsomol), were Soviet aluminum-hulled torpedo boats.

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Pakse

Pakse (or Pakxe; French: Paksé; Laotian: ປາກເຊ 'mouth of the river'; ปากเซ) is the capital and most populous city of the southern Laotian province of Champasak.

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Paksong

Paksong is a city in Laos on the Bolaven Plateau.

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Pakxan

Pakxan (Paksan or Muang Pakxan) (ປາກຊັນ) (Paksane) is a district and a town in Bolikhamsai Province, in western Laos.

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Pan Am Flight 841

Pan Am Flight 841 was a commercial passenger flight of a Boeing 747 from San Francisco, California to Saigon, South Vietnam which was hijacked over the South China Sea on July 2, 1972, ostensibly as an act of protest concerning United States involvement in the Vietnam War as well as the expulsion from the U.S.

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Paracel Islands

The Paracel Islands, also known as the Xisha Islands and the Hoàng Sa Archipelago (lit), are a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea under de facto administration by the People's Republic of China.

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Paris Peace Accords

The Paris Peace Accords, officially the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Viet Nam, was a peace agreement signed on January 27, 1973, to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War.

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Parrot's Beak, Cambodia

Parrot's Beak (vùng mỏ két, vùng mỏ vẹt) was the name given to a salient of Svay Rieng Province, southeast Cambodia that protrudes into Hậu Nghĩa and Kien Tuong Provinces, Vietnam, approximately 65 km north-west of Saigon.

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Pathet Lao

The Pathet Lao (translation), officially the Lao People's Liberation Army, was a communist political movement and organization in Laos, formed in the mid-20th century.

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Paveway

Paveway is a series of laser-guided bombs (LGBs).

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Pentagon Papers

The Pentagon Papers, officially titled Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force, is a United States Department of Defense history of the United States' political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1968.

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People's Army of Vietnam

The People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), officially the Vietnam People's Army (VPA; of Vietnam), also recognized as the Vietnamese Army (lit) or the People's Army (Quân đội Nhân dân), is the national military force of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the armed wing of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).

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Phan Rang Air Base

Phan Rang Air Base (also called Thành Sơn Air Base) is a Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) (Khong Quan Nhan Dan Viet Nam) military airfield in Vietnam.

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Phan Thi Kim Phuc

Phan Thị Kim Phúc (born April 6, 1963), referred to informally as the girl in the picture and the napalm girl, is a South Vietnamese-born Canadian woman best known as the nine-year-old child depicted in the Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph, titled "The Terror of War", taken at Trảng Bàng during the Vietnam War on June 8, 1972. 1972 in the Vietnam War and Phan Thi Kim Phuc are 1972 in Vietnam.

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Phạm Văn Đồng

Phạm Văn Đồng (1 March 1906 – 29 April 2000) was a Vietnamese politician who served as Prime Minister of North Vietnam from 1955 to 1976.

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Phù Mỹ

Phù Mỹ is a township (thị trấn) and capital of Phù Mỹ District, Bình Định Province, Vietnam.

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Phù Mỹ district

Phù Mỹ is a district (''huyện'') of Bình Định province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam.

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Phú Quốc

Phú Quốc is the largest island in Vietnam.

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Phúc Yên Air Base

Phúc Yên Air Base (also known as Noi Bai Air Base) is a Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) (Không quân Nhân dân Việt Nam) military airfield located immediately north of Noi Bai International Airport and approximately north of Hanoi.

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Phước Tuy province

Phước Tuy was a province of the former South Vietnam.

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Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh (ភ្នំពេញ, Phnum Pénh) is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia.

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Phnom Penh International Airport

Phnom Penh International Airport, formerly Pochentong International Airport, is the busiest airport in Cambodia and serves as the country's main international gateway.

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Phong Điền district, Thừa Thiên Huế

Phong Điền is a rural district of Thừa Thiên Huế province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam.

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Phoumi Vongvichit

Phoumi Vongvichit (ພູມີ ວົງວິຈິດ; 6 April 1909 – 7 January 1994) was a leading figure of the Pathet Lao and an elder statesman of the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

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Phu Bai Combat Base

Phu Bai Combat Base (also known as Phu Bai Airfield and Camp Hochmuth) is a former U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps base south of Huế, in central Vietnam.

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Phu Loi Base Camp

Phu Loi Base Camp (also known as Darkhorse Base or Phu Loi Field) is a former U.S. Army base north of Saigon in southern Vietnam.

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Plain of Reeds

Plain of Reeds (in Đồng Tháp Mười) is an inland wetland in Vietnam's Mekong Delta.

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Plei Djereng Camp

Plei Djereng Camp (also known as Plei Djereng Special Forces Camp or Le Minh Camp) is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base northwest of Pleiku in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

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Pleiku Air Base

Pleiku Air Base is a former air force base in Vietnam.

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Poland

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.

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Polei Kleng Camp

Polei Kleng Camp (also known as Camp Le Vanh, Firebase Bass, Landing Zone Bass or Polei Kleng Special Forces Camp) is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base west of Kontum in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

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Politburo

A politburo or political bureau is the highest political organ of the central committee in communist parties.

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Ponhea Kraek District

Ponhea Kraek District (ស្រុកពញ្ញាក្រែក) is a district (srok) located in Tboung Khmum Province, Cambodia.

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Prek Pnov district

Prek Pnov (ខណ្ឌព្រែកព្នៅ) is a district (khan) located in the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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President of the United States

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Prey Veng (city)

Prey Veng (ព្រៃវែង ប្រទេសកម្ពុជាឆ្នាំ50000.

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Proposed bombing of Vietnam's dikes

During the Vietnam War, the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff considered and rejected some additions to strategic bombing campaigns that would include targeting a series of dikes and dams along Vietnam's Red River delta.

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Prostitution in Vietnam

Prostitution in Vietnam is illegal and considered a serious crime.

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Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam

The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam (PRG, Chính phủ Cách mạng Lâm thời Cộng hòa miền Nam Việt Nam), was formed on June 8, 1969, by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) as an armed underground government opposing the government of South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) under President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu.

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PT-76

The PT-76 is a Soviet amphibious light tank that was introduced in the early 1950s and soon became the standard reconnaissance tank of the Soviet Army and the other Warsaw Pact armed forces.

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Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prizes are two dozen annual awards given by Columbia University in New York for achievements in the United States in "journalism, arts and letters." They were established in 1917 by the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher.

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Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography

The Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography is one of the American Pulitzer Prizes annually awarded for journalism.

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Pulitzer Prize for Public Service

The Pulitzer Prize for Public Service is one of the fourteen American Pulitzer Prizes annually awarded for journalism.

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Quang Lang Air Base

Quang Lang Air Base is a former Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) (Không quân Nhân dân Việt Nam) military airfield located near the town of Duc Son, Nghệ An Province approximately northwest of Vinh.

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Quảng Bình province

Quảng Bình is a southern coastal province in the North Central Coast region, the Central of Vietnam.

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Quảng Ngãi

Quảng Ngãi is a city in central Vietnam.

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Quảng Tín province

Quảng Tín was a province of South Vietnam.

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Quảng Trị

Quảng Trị is a district-level town in Quảng Trị Province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam.

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Quảng Trị Combat Base

Quảng Trị Combat Base (also known as Ái Tử Combat Base or simply Quảng Trị) is a former United States Marine Corps, United States Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base northwest of Quảng Trị in central Vietnam.

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Quảng Trị province

italic is a coastal province near the southernmost part of the North Central Coast region, the Central of Vietnam, north of the former imperial capital of italic.

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Quần Lợi Base Camp

Quản Lợi Base Camp (also known as LZ Andy or Rocket City) is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base east of An Lộc, Binh Phuoc Province, in southern Vietnam.

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Quế Sơn district

is a district (huyện) in Quảng Nam province, Vietnam.

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Quy Nhon

Quy Nhon (Quy Nhơn) is a coastal city in Bình Định province in central Vietnam.

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Ramsey Clark

William Ramsey Clark (December 18, 1927 – April 9, 2021) was an American lawyer, activist, and federal government official.

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Ray Conniff

Joseph Raymond Conniff (November 6, 1916 – October 12, 2002) was an American bandleader and arranger best known for his Ray Conniff Singers during the 1960s.

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Rear admiral (United States)

A rear admiral in the uniformed services of the United States is either of two different ranks of commissioned officers: one-star flag officers and two-star flag officers.

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Rembrandt C. Robinson

Rembrandt Cecil Robinson (October 2, 1924 – May 8, 1972) was a United States Navy officer who was stationed in the Tonkin Gulf during the Vietnam War.

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Republic F-105 Thunderchief

The Republic F-105 Thunderchief is an American fighter-bomber that served with the United States Air Force from 1958 to 1984.

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Republic of Korea Army

The Republic of Korea Army (ROKA), also known as the ROK Army or South Korean Army, is the army of South Korea, responsible for ground-based warfare.

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Republic of Vietnam Navy

The Republic of Vietnam Navy (RVNN; - HQVNCH; was the naval branch of the South Vietnamese military, the official armed forces of the former Republic of Vietnam (or South Vietnam) from 1955 to 1975. The early fleet consisted of boats from France; after 1955, and the transfer of the armed forces to Vietnamese control, the fleet was supplied from the United States.

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Rescue of Bat 21 Bravo

The rescue of Bat 21 Bravo, the call sign for Iceal "Gene" Hambleton (a navigator aboard an EB-66 aircraft shot down behind North Vietnamese lines), was the "largest, longest, and most complex search-and-rescue" operation during the Vietnam War. 1972 in the Vietnam War and rescue of Bat 21 Bravo are 1972 in Vietnam.

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Richard J. Tallman

Richard J. Tallman (March 28, 1925 – July 9, 1972) was a United States Army brigadier general who was killed by North Vietnamese artillery fire in 1972 during the Battle of An Lộc.

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Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 37th president of the United States from 1969 to 1974.

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Richard Stephen Ritchie

Brigadier General Richard Stephen Ritchie (born June 25, 1942) served as an officer in the United States Air Force and the Colorado Air National Guard, and a general officer in the Air Force Reserve.

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RMK-BRJ

RMK-BRJ was an American construction consortium of four of the largest American companies, put together by the United States Navy during the Vietnam War.

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Roger Locher

Roger Clinton Locher (born September 13, 1946) is a retired Colonel in the U.S. Air Force and a former McDonnell Douglas F-4D Phantom II Navigator/Weapon Systems Officer (WSO) and subsequent Pilot who, during the Vietnam War and Operation Linebacker, was shot down only from Hanoi, North Vietnam.

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Royal Lao Air Force

The Royal Lao Air Force (ກອງທັບອາກາສຣາຊອານາຈັກລາວ; Aviation Royale Laotiènne – AVRL), best known to the Americans by its English acronym RLAF, was the air force component of the Royal Lao Armed Forces (FAR), the official military of the Royal Lao Government and the Kingdom of Laos during the Laotian Civil War between 1960 and 1975.

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Royal Lao Army

The Royal Lao Army (ກອງທັບລາດຊະອານາຈັກລາວ; Armée royale du Laos – ARL), also designated by its anglicized title RLA, was the land component of the Royal Lao Armed Forces (FAR), the official military of the Kingdom of Laos during the North Vietnamese invasion of Laos and the Laotian Civil War between 1960 and 1975.

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Royal Thai Air Base Nam Phong

The Royal Thai Air Base Nam Phong in Nam Phong District, Khon Kaen Province, Thailand was constructed in 1966-1967 during the Vietnam War by Utah Mining Company, originally to support EC-121 aircraft and potentially three tactical aircraft squadrons, but was ultimately completed as a "bare base" to support disbursal and theater force staging.

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Royal Thai Army

The Royal Thai Army or RTA (กองทัพบกไทย) is the army of Thailand and the oldest and largest branch of the Royal Thai Armed Forces.

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S-75 Dvina

The S-75 (Russian: С-75; NATO reporting name SA-2 Guideline) is a Soviet-designed, high-altitude air defence system.

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Sargent Shriver

Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. (November 9, 1915 – January 18, 2011) was an American diplomat, politician, and activist.

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Second Battle of Quảng Trị

The Second Battle of Quang Tri (Trận Thành cổ Quảng Trị; also called Operation Lam Sơn 72) began on 28 June 1972 and lasted 81 days until 16 September 1972, when South Vietnam's Army of the Republic of Vietnam defeated the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) at the ancient citadel of Quảng Trị (Thành cổ Quảng Trị) and recaptured most of Quảng Trị Province. 1972 in the Vietnam War and Second Battle of Quảng Trị are 1972 in Vietnam and conflicts in 1972.

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Secretary-General of the United Nations

The secretary-general of the United Nations (UNSG or UNSECGEN) is the chief administrative officer of the United Nations and head of the United Nations Secretariat, one of the six principal organs of the United Nations.

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Seno, Laos

Seno (ເຊໂນ) is a town located in the Savannakhet Province of Laos.

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Seventh Air Force

The Seventh Air Force (Air Forces Korea) (7 AF) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Pacific Air Forces (PACAF).

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Seymour Hersh

Seymour Myron "Sy" Hersh (born April 8, 1937) is an American investigative journalist and political writer.

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Shelling of Highway 1

The Shelling of Highway 1 (Vietnamese: Đại lộ Kinh Hoàng, Highway of Horror) was the killing of South Vietnamese soldiers and civilians by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) during the Easter Offensive of the Vietnam War, on Highway 1, between Quảng Trị and Huế, South Vietnam from 29 April to 2 May 1972. 1972 in the Vietnam War and Shelling of Highway 1 are conflicts in 1972.

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Siem Pang District

Siem Pang District is a district located in Stung Treng Province, in north-east Cambodia.

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Sikorsky MH-53

The Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low series is a retired long-range special operations and combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter for the United States Air Force.

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Soc Trang Airfield

Sóc Trăng Airfield was a French colonial, Imperial Japanese Army, United States Marine Corps (USMC), United States Army (US ARMY) and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) base located in Sóc Trăng in southern Vietnam.

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The Social Republican Party (គណបក្សសាធារណរដ្ឋសង្គម; Parti républicain social, PRS) was a political party in Cambodia, founded by the then-Head of State Lon Nol in 10 June 1972 to contest the National Assembly elections of the Khmer Republic held on September 3, 1972.

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South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia.

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South Vietnam

South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; Việt Nam Cộng hòa; VNCH, République du Viêt Nam), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of the Cold War after the 1954 division of Vietnam.

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South Vietnam Air Force

The South Vietnam Air Force, officially the Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF; Không lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa, KLVNCH; Force aérienne vietnamienne, FAVN) (sometimes referred to as the Vietnam Air Force or VNAF), was the aerial branch of the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces, the official military of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) from 1955 to 1975.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Spiro Agnew

Spiro Theodore Agnew (November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996) was the 39th vice president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1973.

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Star-News

StarNews is an American, English language daily newspaper for Wilmington, North Carolina, and its surrounding area (known as the Lower Cape Fear).

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Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in the Nordic countries.

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Street Without Joy

Street Without Joy or La Rue Sans Joie was the name given by troops of the French Far East Expeditionary Corps to the stretch of Route 1 from Huế to Quảng Trị during the First Indochina War.

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Summit (meeting)

A summit meeting (or just summit) is an international meeting of heads of state or government, usually with considerable media exposure, tight security, and a prearranged agenda.

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Surface-to-air missile

A surface-to-air missile (SAM), also known as a ground-to-air missile (GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon (SAGW), is a missile designed to be launched from the ground or the sea to destroy aircraft or other missiles.

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Svay Rieng (town)

Svay Rieng is the capital and 2nd largest city of Svay Rieng Province, Cambodia.

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Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

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T-54/T-55

The T-54 and T-55 tanks are a series of Soviet main battle tanks introduced in the years following the Second World War.

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Ta Khmau municipality

Ta Khmau (តាខ្មៅ) is the capital and largest city of Kandal province in central Cambodia.

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Tail gunner

A tail gunner or rear gunner is a crewman on a military aircraft who functions as a gunner defending against enemy fighter or interceptor attacks from the rear, or "tail", of the plane.

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Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base

Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base is a Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) facility in central Thailand, approximately 144 miles (240 km) northwest of Bangkok in Takhli District, Nakhon Sawan Province.

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Tan Son Nhat International Airport

Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport is an international airport serving Ho Chi Minh City, the most populous city in Vietnam.

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Tết

Tết, short for italic, is the most important celebration in Vietnamese culture.

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Tân Cảnh Base Camp

Tân Cảnh Base Camp (also known as Đắk Tô 1) is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base northwest of Kon Tum in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

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Tây Ninh

Tây Ninh is a provincial city in Southeastern Vietnam.

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Tây Ninh Combat Base

Tây Ninh Combat Base (also known as Tây Ninh Base Camp and Tây Ninh West) is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and current People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) base west of Tây Ninh in southern Vietnam.

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Ted Kennedy

Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts.

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Tet Offensive

The Tet Offensive was a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War.

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula.

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Thailand in the Vietnam War

The Kingdom of Thailand, under the administration of military dictator Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn, took an active role in the Vietnam War.

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Thanh Hóa Bridge

The Thanh Hóa Bridge (Vietnamese: Cầu Hàm Rồng, Hàm Rồng Bridge), spanning the Song Ma river, is situated northeast of Thanh Hóa, the capital of Thanh Hóa Province in Vietnam.

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Thanom Kittikachorn

Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn (ถนอม กิตติขจร,,; 11 August 1911 – 16 June 2004) was Prime minister of Thailand from 1963 to 1973, military officer, who supported and initiated military coups and became Thailand's defence minister.

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Thạch Hãn River

The Thạch Hãn River is a river in Quảng Trị province, Vietnam.

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Thủ Đức

Thủ Đức is a municipal city (sub-city) under the administration of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

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Thủ Đức Military Academy

Thủ Đức Military Academy was an officer training school of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam).

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Thừa Thiên Huế province

Thừa Thiên Huế is a southernmost coastal province in the North Central Coast region, the Central of Vietnam, approximately in the center of the country.

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Thác Bà Reservoir

The Thác Bà Reservoir or Thác Bà Lake (Hồ Thác Bà) is an artificial lake in Yên Bái Province, Vietnam created by construction of the Thác Bà hydroelectric plant in the 1960s.

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Thái Nguyên

Thái Nguyên is a city in Vietnam.

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The Harris Poll

The Harris Poll is an American market research and analytics company that has been tracking the sentiment, behaviors and motivations of American adults since 1963.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Tho Xuan Airport

Thọ Xuân Airport — also known as Thanh Hoá Air Base or Bái Thượng Air Base, formerly Sao Vàng Airport (Sân bay Sao Vàng) — is an airport located in Sao Vàng town in Thọ Xuân District, Thanh Hóa Province, 45 km northwest of the provincial capital Thanh Hóa.

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Thomas O. Enders

Thomas Ostrom Enders (November 28, 1931 – March 17, 1996) was an American diplomat.

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Thomas R. Norris

Thomas Rolland Norris (born January 14, 1944) is a retired United States Navy SEAL and Distinguished Eagle Scout, who received the Medal of Honor for his ground rescue with the assistance of Petty Officer Third Class Nguyen Van Kiet of two downed aircrew members in Quảng Trị province during the Vietnam War on April 10–13, 1972.

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Tiên Phước district

Tiên Phước is a rural district (huyện) of Quảng Nam province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam.

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Times Square

Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment hub, and neighborhood in the Midtown Manhattan section of New York City.

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Tonlé Sap River

Tonlé Sap (ទន្លេ​សាប) is a river in Cambodia that connects the Tonlé Sap lake with the Mekong river.

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Trảng Bàng

Trảng Bàng is a town in Tây Ninh Province, in the Southeast region of Vietnam.

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Trảng Bom

Trảng Bom is a township (thị trấn) and capital of Trảng Bom District, Đồng Nai Province, Vietnam.

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Trần Thanh Phong

Trần Thanh Phong (19 January 1926 – 1 December 1972) was a Major general in the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN).

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Trần Văn Lắm

Trần Văn Lắm, also known as Charles Trần Văn Lắm (30 July 1913 – 6 February 2001), was a South Vietnamese diplomat and politician, who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Vietnam under Prime Minister Trần Thiện Khiêm during the height of the Vietnam War.

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Triệu Phong district

Triệu Phong is one of 10 districts, towns and cities of Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam.

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Tuy Hoa Air Base

Tuy Hoa Air Base was an air force base in Vietnam, being closed in 1970.

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U Minh Thượng National Park

U Minh Thượng National Park or National Park of Upper U Minh (Vietnamese language: Vườn quốc gia U Minh Thượng) is a national park in the province of Kiên Giang, Vietnam.

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U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield

U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield is a military airfield of the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) approximately southeast of Bangkok in the Ban Chang District of Rayong Province near Sattahip on the Gulf of Thailand.

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U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay

Naval Base Subic Bay was a major ship-repair, supply, and rest and recreation facility of the Spanish Navy and subsequently the United States Navy located in Zambales, Philippines.

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Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base

Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base is a Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) facility located near the city of Ubon Ratchathani, in Ubon Ratchathani Province.

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Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base

Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base (Udorn RTAFB) is a Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) base, the home of 23rd Wing Air Command.

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Underwater Demolition Team

The Underwater Demolition Team (UDT), or frogmen, were amphibious units created by the United States Navy during World War II with specialized missions.

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United Press International

United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th century until its eventual decline beginning in the early 1980s.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Agency for International Development

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent agency of the United States government that is primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.

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United States Army Vietnam

The United States Army, Vietnam (USARV) was a Corps-level support command of the United States Army during the Vietnam War.

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United States Attorney General

The United States attorney general (AG) is the head of the United States Department of Justice, and is the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government of the United States.

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United States Capitol rotunda

The United States Capitol building features a central rotunda below the Capitol dome.

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United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight uniformed services.

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United States Department of Defense

The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Department of State

The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations.

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United States Fleet Forces Command

The United States Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) is a service component command of the United States Navy that provides naval forces to a wide variety of U.S. forces.

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United States House Committee on Appropriations

The United States House Committee on Appropriations is a committee of the United States House of Representatives that is responsible for passing appropriation bills along with its Senate counterpart.

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United States Indo-Pacific Command

The United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) is the unified combatant command of the United States Armed Forces responsible for the Indo-Pacific region.

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United States Information Agency

The United States Information Agency (USIA) was a United States government agency devoted to the practice of public diplomacy which operated from 1953 to 1999.

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United States presidential inauguration

Between 73 and 79 days after the presidential election, the president-elect of the United States is inaugurated as president by taking the presidential oath of office.

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United States prisoners of war during the Vietnam War

Members of the United States armed forces were held as prisoners of war (POWs) in significant numbers during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1973.

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United States Secretary of State

The United States secretary of state (SecState) is a member of the executive branch of the federal government and the head of the Department of State.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress.

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United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

The United States Senate Committee on Appropriations is a standing committee of the United States Senate.

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USS Kitty Hawk riot

The USS Kitty Hawk riot was a racial conflict between white and black sailors aboard the United States Navy aircraft carrier on the night of 12–13 October 1972, while positioned at Yankee Station off the coast of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. 1972 in the Vietnam War and USS Kitty Hawk riot are 1972 in Vietnam.

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VAL-4

VAL-4 was a Light Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy.

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Vị Thanh

Vị Thanh is a provincial city and also the capital city of Hậu Giang Province in Vietnam.

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Versailles, Yvelines

Versailles is a commune in the department of the Yvelines, Île-de-France, renowned worldwide for the Château de Versailles and the gardens of Versailles, designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

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VF-96

Fighter Squadron 96, or VF-96 Fighting Falcons was an aviation unit of the United States Navy in service from 1962 to 1975.

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Việt Trì

Việt Trì (越池) is the capital city of Phú Thọ Province in the Northeast region of Vietnam.

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Vice President of the United States

The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession.

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Vientiane Treaty

The Vientiane Treaty was a cease-fire agreement between the two warring factions in the Laotian Civil War (the Kingdom of Laos and the communist Pathet Lao), signed in Vientiane (the capital of Laos), on 21 February 1973.

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Viet Cong

The Viet Cong was an epithet and umbrella term to call the communist-driven armed movement and united front organization in South Vietnam.

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Vietnam

Vietnam, officially the (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.

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Vietnam People's Air Force

The Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF; Không quân nhân dân Việt Nam (KQNDVN)), officially the Air Defence - Air Force Service (ADAF Service) or the Vietnam Air Force (Không quân Việt Nam (KQVN)), is the aerial and space service branch of Vietnam.

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Vietnam Veterans Against the War

Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) is an American tax-exempt non-profit organization and corporation founded in 1967 to oppose the United States policy and participation in the Vietnam War.

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Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone

The Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone was a demilitarized zone at the 17th parallel in Quang Tri province that was the dividing line between North Vietnam and South Vietnam from 22 July 1954 to 2 July 1976, when Vietnam was officially divided into the two military gathering areas, which was supposed to be sustained in the short term after the First Indochina War.

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Vietnamese Rangers

The Vietnamese Rangers (Biệt Động Quân), commonly known as the ARVN Rangers or Vietnamese Ranger Corp (VNRC), were the light infantry of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.

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Vietnamization

Vietnamization was a failed policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War through a program to "expand, equip, and train South Vietnamese forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops".

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W. Averell Harriman

William Averell Harriman (November 15, 1891July 26, 1986), better known as Averell Harriman, was an American Democratic politician, businessman, and diplomat.

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War Powers Resolution

The War Powers Resolution (also known as the War Powers Resolution of 1973 or the War Powers Act) is a federal law intended to check the U.S. president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress.

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Watergate complex

The Watergate complex is a group of six buildings in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States.

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Watergate scandal

The Watergate scandal was a major political controversy in the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974, ultimately resulting in Nixon's resignation.

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White House

The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States.

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William P. Driscoll

William Patrick "Willy Irish" Driscoll (born March 5, 1947) is a retired commander in the United States Navy and a highly decorated flying ace.

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William P. Rogers

William Pierce Rogers (June 23, 1913 – January 2, 2001) was an American politician, diplomat, and attorney.

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William Westmoreland

William Childs Westmoreland (26 March 1914 – 18 July 2005) was a United States Army general, most notably the commander of United States forces during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Wunder Beach

Wunder Beach (also known as Wonder Beach, Utah Beach and Sunder Beach) is a former U.S. Army logistics and supply base along the coast east of Quảng Trị and northwest of Huế.

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Xépôn

Xépôn (also known as Tchepone and Sepon), is a village in the Seponh District of Savannakhet Province, Laos.

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Xuân Thủy

Xuân Thủy (September 2, 1912 – June 20, 1985) was a Vietnamese political figure.

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Xuyên Mộc district

Xuyên Mộc is a rural district of Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province in the Southeast region of Vietnam.

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XXIV Corps (United States)

XXIV Corps (24th Corps) was a U.S. Army Corps-level command during World War II and the Vietnam War.

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Yankee Station

Yankee Station (officially Point Yankee) was a fixed coordinate off the coast of Vietnam where U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and support ships operated in open waters over a nine-year period during the Vietnam War.

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Yên Bái Air Base

Yên Bái Air Base is a Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) (Không quân Nhân dân Việt Nam) military airfield located north-northwest of Yên Bái.

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Zhou Enlai

Zhou Enlai (5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976) was a Chinese statesman, diplomat, and revolutionary who served as the first Premier of the People's Republic of China from September 1954 until his death in January 1976.

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101st Airborne Division

The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) ("Screaming Eagles") is an air assault infantry division of the United States Army that specializes in air assault operations.

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130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46)

The 130 mm towed field gun M-46 (130-мм пушка M-46) is a manually loaded, towed 130 mm artillery piece, manufactured in the Soviet Union in the 1950s.

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16th Special Operations Squadron

The 16th Special Operations Squadron is part of the 27th Special Operations Wing at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico.

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18th Division (South Vietnam)

The 18th Division (Sư đoàn 18; Chữ Hán: 師團18) was an infantry division in the III Corps of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN).

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1954 Geneva Conference

The Geneva Conference was intended to settle outstanding issues resulting from the Korean War and the First Indochina War and involved several nations.

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196th Infantry Brigade (United States)

The 196th Infantry Brigade ("Chargers"), also known as the Charger Brigade was first formed on 24 June 1921 as part of the United States Army Reserve's 98th Division with the responsibility of training soldiers.

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1972 Republican National Convention

The 1972 Republican National Convention was held from August 21 to August 23, 1972, at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida.

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1st Australian Task Force

The 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) was a brigade-sized formation which commanded Australian and New Zealand Army units deployed to South Vietnam between 1966 and 1972.

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1st Division (Vietnam)

The 1st Infantry Division was a division of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), first formed from PAVN units in 1965.

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1st Infantry Regiment (United States)

The 1st Infantry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army that draws its lineage from a line of post American Revolutionary War units and is credited with thirty-nine campaign streamers.

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20th parallel north

The 20th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 20 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.

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20th Tank Regiment (South Vietnam)

The 20th Tank Regiment was a unit of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), the South Vietnamese army.

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21st Division (South Vietnam)

The 21st Division (Sư đoàn 21; Chữ Hán: 師團21) of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)—the army of the nation state of South Vietnam that existed from 1959 to 1975, was part of the IV Corps that oversaw the southernmost region of South Vietnam, the Mekong Delta.

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21st Infantry Regiment (United States)

The 21st Infantry Regiment ("Gimlet") is a United States Army infantry regiment.

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22nd Division (South Vietnam)

The 22nd Division (Sư đoàn 22; Chữ Hán: 師團22) of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) was part of the II Corps that oversaw the region of the Central Highlands north of the capital Saigon.

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23rd Division (South Vietnam)

The 23rd Division (Sư đoàn 23) of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)—the army of the nation state of South Vietnam that existed from 1955 to 1975—was part of the II Corps that oversaw the Central Highlands.

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29th Field Artillery Regiment

The 29th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army, first constituted in 1918 in the National Army (USA).

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2nd Division (South Vietnam)

The 2nd Division was a division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)—the army of the nation state of South Vietnam that existed from 1955 to 1975.

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2nd Division (Vietnam)

The 2nd Infantry Division also known as Quảng Đà Division or Steel Division is a division of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), first formed from Viet Cong (VC) and PAVN units in October 1965.

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2nd Marine Division (South Korea)

The 2nd Marine Infantry Division (제2해병사단; Hanja: 第2海兵師團), also known as Blue Dragon Division (청룡부대; Hanja: 青龍部隊) or more literally the Aqua (color) Dragon Division, is an infantry division of the Republic of Korea Marine Corps.

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304th Division (Vietnam)

The 304 Division is an infantry division of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN).

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320th Division (Vietnam)

The 320th Division or Đồng Bằng Division (Vietnamese: Sư đoàn Đồng Bằng, Delta Division) is a formation and one of the six original "Steel and Iron Divisions" of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN).

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325th Division (Vietnam)

The 325th Infantry Division is a division of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), first formed in March 1951 from independent units in Thừa Thiên, it is likely that it only became fully operational in mid-1952.

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3rd Battalion, 9th Marines

The 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines (3/9) is an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps.

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3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division

The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division ("Third Grey Wolf Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division") is a combined arms armored brigade of the 1st Cavalry Division based in Fort Cavazos, TX.

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40th Helicopter Squadron

The 40th Helicopter Squadron is a missile support unit of the United States Air Force.

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5th Infantry Division (Vietnam)

The VC 5th Infantry Division was a division of the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War and later became part of the People's Army of Vietnam.

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711th Division (Vietnam)

The 711th Infantry Division was a division of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), first formed in early 1972.

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776th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron

The 776th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron is a provisional United States Air Force squadron activated after 11 September 2001, being engaged in the Global War on Terrorism.

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7th Infantry Division (Vietnam)

The 7th Infantry Division is a division of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN).

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8th Special Operations Squadron

The 8th Special Operations Squadron is a squadron of the United States Air Force.

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9M14 Malyutka

The 9M14 Malyutka (Малютка; "Little one", NATO reporting name: AT-3 Sagger) is a manual command to line of sight (MCLOS) wire-guided anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) system developed in the Soviet Union.

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9th Division (South Vietnam)

The 9th Infantry Division (Sư đoàn 9; Chữ Hán: 師團9) of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)—the army of the nation state of South Vietnam that existed from 1961 to 1975—was part of the IV Corps that oversaw the southernmost region of South Vietnam, the Mekong Delta.

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9th Division (Vietnam)

The 9th Infantry Division is a division of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), first formed from Viet Cong units in 1965 in the Mekong Delta region.

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See also

1972 in Vietnam

• 1972 in the Vietnam War
• Battle of Kontum
• Battle of Loc Ninh
• Battle of the Mỹ Chánh Line
• Battle of Đồng Hới
• Easter Offensive
• Easter Offensive in southern Cambodia and the Mekong Delta
• First Battle of Quảng Trị
• List of United States servicemembers and civilians missing in action during the Vietnam War (1972–1975)
• List of allied military operations of the Vietnam War (1972)
• Operation Arc Light
• Operation Barrel Roll
• Operation Commando Hunt
• Operation Custom Tailor
• Operation Linebacker
• Operation Linebacker II
• Operation Popeye
• Operation Prek Ta
• Operation Shed Light
• Operation Thunderhead
• Operations Enhance and Enhance Plus
• Phan Thi Kim Phuc
• Rescue of Bat 21 Bravo
• Second Battle of Quảng Trị
• USS Kitty Hawk riot
• Vietnam War
• Vietnam at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Conflicts in 1972

• 1972 Bangladesh Rifles mutiny
• 1972 Dahomeyan coup d'état
• 1972 Moroccan coup attempt
• 1972 Qatari coup d'état
• 1972 Republic of the Congo coup attempt
• 1972 in the Vietnam War
• 1972 invasion of Uganda
• 1972–1973 Cypriot ecclesiastical coup attempt
• Araguaia Guerrilla War
• Attack on Altena Farm
• Attack on Whistlefield Farm
• Battle at Springmartin
• Battle of Kontum
• Battle of Lenadoon
• Battle of Loc Ninh
• Battle of Mirbat
• Battle of the Mỹ Chánh Line
• Battle of Đồng Hới
• Bugojno group
• Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–1989)
• Communist insurgency in Sarawak
• Easter Offensive
• Easter Offensive in southern Cambodia and the Mekong Delta
• El Carnavalazo
• First Battle of Quảng Trị
• Guinea-Bissau War of Independence
• Operation Barrel Roll
• Operation Commando Hunt
• Operation Custom Tailor
• Operation Motorman
• Operation Shed Light
• Operation Thunderhead
• Rhodesian Bush War
• Second Battle of Quảng Trị
• Shelling of Highway 1
• Trelew massacre
• Uruguayan intrastate war
• Yemenite War of 1972

Vietnam War by year

• 1940–1946 in French Indochina
• 1947–1950 in French Indochina
• 1954 in Vietnam
• 1955 in the Vietnam War
• 1956 in the Vietnam War
• 1957 in the Vietnam War
• 1958 in the Vietnam War
• 1959 in the Vietnam War
• 1960 in the Vietnam War
• 1961 in the Vietnam War
• 1962 in the Vietnam War
• 1963 in the Vietnam War
• 1964 in the Vietnam War
• 1965 in the Vietnam War
• 1966 in the Vietnam War
• 1967 in the Vietnam War
• 1968 in the Vietnam War
• 1969 in the Vietnam War
• 1970 in the Vietnam War
• 1971 in the Vietnam War
• 1972 in the Vietnam War
• 1973 in the Vietnam War
• 1974 in the Vietnam War
• 1975 in the Vietnam War

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_in_the_Vietnam_War

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