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1 day ago · In 1967, a photograph captured an iconic, yet sobering moment from the Vietnam War. On December 5, 1967, a U.S. Army Chaplain gave communion to U.S. soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division. Soldiers ...
May 1, 2024 · Vietnam-era rifles used by the US military and allies. From top to bottom: M14, MAS 36, M16 (30 round magazine), AR-10, M16 (20 round magazine), M21, L1A1, M40, MAS 49 The Vietnam War involved the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) or North Vietnamese Army (NVA), National Liberation Front for South Vietnam (NLF) or Viet Cong (VC), and the armed forces of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), Army ...
Apr 15, 2024 · Charlie Company. A map of North and South Vietnam during the Vietnam War showing major air bases and the communists' supply routes, including the Ho Chi Minh Trail. My Lai, a subdivision of Son My village, was located in the province of Quang Ngai, roughly 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Quang Ngai city. The area had been dubbed “Pinkville” by ...
4 days ago · Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) was founded in 1967 and quickly became one of the most visible antiwar groups of the 1960s and 1970s. This archive, containing 21,477 pages of documents received in response to VVAW’s Freedom of Information Act requests, chronicles the group’s organizing activities across the country.
2 days ago · The Tet Offensive [17] was a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. The Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) launched a surprise attack on January 30, 1968 against the forces of the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), the United States Armed Forces and ...
May 3, 2024 · Kent State shooting was a pivotal event in the anti-Vietnam War movement, involving the shooting of unarmed college students on May 4, 1970, at Kent State University in northeastern Ohio. Four students were killed and nine wounded by the Ohio National Guard, the violent culmination of four days of protest.
3 days ago · Ngô Đình Diệm was the President of South Vietnam from 1955 until his assassination in 1963. Dương Văn Minh led the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) under President Diệm and was briefly leader of South Vietnam in 1963 and 1975. He was the last president of South Vietnam. Nguyễn Khánh was an ARVN general who was in power from ...
