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Battle of Sông Bé, the Glossary

Index Battle of Sông Bé

The Battle of Sông Bé was a major action between the Viet Cong (VC) and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) in May 1965.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 19 relations: Armoured personnel carrier, Army of the Republic of Vietnam, Bình Phước province, Cluster munition, Flamethrower, Gunship, Helicopter, McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, Melee, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, Phước Long province, Sông Bé Base Camp, Sông Bé province, South Vietnam, United States Army Special Forces, Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system, Viet Cong, Vietnam War, Vietnamese Rangers.

  2. 1965 in Vietnam
  3. History of Bình Phước province
  4. May 1965 events in Asia

Armoured personnel carrier

An armoured personnel carrier (APC) is a broad type of armoured military vehicle designed to transport personnel and equipment in combat zones.

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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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Bình Phước province

Bình Phước is a province of Vietnam.

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Cluster munition

A cluster munition is a form of air-dropped or ground-launched explosive weapon that releases or ejects smaller submunitions.

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Flamethrower

A flamethrower is a ranged incendiary device designed to project a controllable jet of fire.

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Gunship

A gunship is a military aircraft armed with heavy aircraft guns, primarily intended for attacking ground targets either as airstrike or as close air support.

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Helicopter

A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors.

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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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Melee

A melee (or, French: mêlée) or pell-mell is disorganized hand-to-hand combat in battles fought at abnormally close range with little central control once it starts.

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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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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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Sông Bé Base Camp

Sông Bé Base Camp (also known as Sông Bé Airfield, Farley Field or Landing Zone Buttons) is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam base southwest of Phước Bình in southern Vietnam.

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Sông Bé province

Location of Sông Bé Province on a map of Vietnam in 1976 Sông Bé was a province in southern Vietnam, which bordered Cambodia to the north, Lâm Đồng to the east, Đắk Nông to the northeast, Hồ Chí Minh City to the south and Tây Ninh to the west.

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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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United States Army Special Forces

The United States Army Special Forces (SF), colloquially known as the "Green Berets" due to their distinctive service headgear, is the special operations branch of the United States Army.

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Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system

The Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) is a map projection system for assigning coordinates to locations on the surface of the Earth.

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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 War

The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. Battle of Sông Bé and Vietnam War are 1965 in Vietnam.

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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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See also

1965 in Vietnam

History of Bình Phước province

May 1965 events in Asia

References

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