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Battle of Binh Gia, the Glossary

The Battle of Bình Giã (Trận Bình Giã) was conducted by the Viet Cong (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) from December 28, 1964, to January 1, 1965, during the Vietnam War in Bình Giã, Phước Tuy province (now part of Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province), South Vietnam.^[1]

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1964 in Vietnam
1965 in Vietnam
Battles and operations of the Vietnam War in 1964
Battles and operations of the Vietnam War in 1965
Conflicts in 1964
December 1964 events in Asia
History of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu province
January 1965 events in Asia

Anti-communism

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

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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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Đất Đỏ district

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

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Đức Linh district

Đức Linh is a rural district of Bình Thuận province in the Southeast region of Vietnam.

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Battle of Ap Bac

The Battle of Ấp Bắc was a major battle fought on 2 January 1963 during the Vietnam War in Định Tường Province (now part of Tiền Giang Province), South Vietnam. Battle of Binh Gia and battle of Ap Bac are battles involving Vietnam and battles involving the United States.

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Battle of Long Dinh

The Battle of Long Định took place during the Vietnam War between the Viet Cong (VC) and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). Battle of Binh Gia and Battle of Long Dinh are battles and operations of the Vietnam War in 1964 and battles involving the United States.

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Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province

Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu (abbreviated BRVT) is a province 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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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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Catholic Church in Vietnam

The Catholic Church in Vietnam is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of bishops in Vietnam who are in communion with the Pope in Rome.

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Cái Nước district

Cái Nước is a rural district of Cà Mau province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam.

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Châu Thành district, Kiên Giang province

Châu Thành is a rural district (huyện) of Kiên Giang province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam.

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Communist Party of Vietnam

The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) is the founding and sole legal party of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

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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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Donald Cook (Medal of Honor)

Donald Gilbert Cook (August 9, 1934 – December 8, 1967) was a United States Marine Corps officer and a Medal of Honor recipient.

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Hanoi

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

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Hát Dịch

Hát Dịch secret zone (mật khu Hát Dịch, chiến khu Hát Dịch) was an area within South Vietnam.

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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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Hoàng Cầm (general)

Hoàng Cầm (born Đỗ Văn Cầm) (1920–2013) was a colonel general in the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN).

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Human wave attack

A human wave attack, also known as a human sea attack, is an offensive infantry tactic in which an attacker conducts an unprotected frontal assault with densely concentrated infantry formations against the enemy line, intended to overrun and overwhelm the defenders by engaging in melee combat.

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Kill zone

In military tactics, the kill zone, also known as killing zone, is an area entirely covered by direct and effective fire, an element of ambush within which an approaching enemy force is trapped and destroyed.

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Long Khánh

Long Khánh is a city of Đồng Nai Province in the Southeast region of Vietnam.

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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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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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M24 Chaffee

The M24 Chaffee (officially light tank M24) was an American light tank used during the later part of World War II; it was also used in post–World War II conflicts including the Korean War, and by the French in the War in Algeria and the First Indochina War.

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Mekong

The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia.

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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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Ngo Dinh Diem

Ngô Đình Diệm (or;; 3 January 1901 – 2 November 1963) was a South Vietnamese politician who was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam (1954–1955) and later the first president of South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) from 1955 until his capture and assassination during the CIA-backed 1963 South Vietnamese coup.

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Nguyễn Khánh

Nguyễn Khánh (8 November 192711 January 2013) was a South Vietnamese military officer and Army of the Republic of Vietnam general who served in various capacities as head of state and prime minister of South Vietnam while at the head of a military junta from January 1964 until February 1965.

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Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ

Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ (書 26 May 190812 June 1976) was a South Vietnamese politician who was the first vice president of South Vietnam, serving under President Ngô Đình Diệm from 1956 until Diệm's overthrow and assassination in 1963.

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Nhơn Trạch district

Nhơn Trạch is a rural district of Đồng Nai province in the Southeast region of Vietnam.

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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 Passage to Freedom

Operation Passage to Freedom was a term used by the United States Navy to describe the propaganda effort and the assistance in transporting in 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam (the Democratic Republic of Vietnam) to non-communist South Vietnam (the State of Vietnam, later to become the Republic of Vietnam) between the years 1954 and 1955.

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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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Phước Long province

Bình Long provinces in map of South Vietnam Phước Long is a former province of Southeast region of Vietnam.

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Phước Tuy province

Phước Tuy was a province of the former South Vietnam.

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Pitched battle

A pitched battle or set-piece battle is a battle in which opposing forces each anticipate the setting of the battle, and each chooses to commit to it.

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Republic of Vietnam Airborne Division

The Vietnamese Airborne Division or VNAD (Sư đoàn Nhảy dù Quân lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa Chữ Hán: 師團趂𢂎軍力越南共和 or Binh chủng Nhảy dù Việt Nam Cộng hòa Chữ Hán: 兵種趂𢂎越南共和) was one of the earliest components of the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces (Vietnamese: Quân lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa – QLVNCH; Chữ Hán: 軍力越南共和).

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Republic of Vietnam Marine Division

The Republic of Vietnam Marine Division (RVNMD, Sư Đoàn Thủy Quân Lục Chiến or TQLC; Division de Marines de la république du Viêt Nam) was part of the armed forces of South Vietnam.

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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 Vietnamese Popular Force

The South Vietnamese Popular Force (nghĩa quân, PF) (originally the Self-Defense Corps) was a part-time local militia of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) during the Vietnam War.

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Strategic Hamlet Program

The Strategic Hamlet Program (SHP; Ấp Chiến lược) was implemented in 1962 by the government of South Vietnam, with advice and financing from the United States, during the Vietnam War to combat the communist insurgency.

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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 People's Navy

The Vietnam People's Navy (VPN; Hải quân nhân dân Việt Nam), internally the Naval Service, also known as the Vietnamese People's Navy or simply Vietnam/Vietnamese Navy, is the naval branch of the Vietnam People's Army and is responsible for the protection of the country's national waters, islands, and interests of the maritime economy, as well as for the co-ordination of maritime police, customs service and the border defence force.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Binh_Gia

Battle of Binh Gia, the Glossary

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See also

1964 in Vietnam

1965 in Vietnam

Battles and operations of the Vietnam War in 1964

Battles and operations of the Vietnam War in 1965

Conflicts in 1964

December 1964 events in Asia

History of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu province

January 1965 events in Asia

References