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Oct 17, 2016 · The episode, which was immortalized in an image by a 33-year-old Dutch photographer named Hubert van Es, heralded the end of a decade-and-a-half of U.S.military involvement in Vietnam. But for millions of ordinary South Vietnamese, particularly the residents of Saigon, April 30, 1975 would be a day of trepidation and outright fear.
Jan 4, 2013 · The HAC was an amalgamation of 2,031 clerks, military policemen (MPs), cooks, engineers, drivers, generator operators, procurement and finance officers and others who supervised some 6,500 Vietnamese installation guards, repairmen, workers, maids, janitors and more, all of whom supported, housed, clothed, fed, guarded and transported the 35,000 ...
- Rod Paschall
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Jul 26, 2018 · By February 3, the South Vietnamese had five ranger, five marine and five airborne battalions inside Saigon. The Americans had committed seven infantry, one MP and six artillery battalions. On February 5, the ARVN 5th Ranger Group started an operation to finally clear Cholon.
- David T. Zabecki
Jan 30, 2018 · North Vietnamese and National Liberation Front leaders expected (or hoped) that a nationwide uprising to overthrow the government of South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu would take place.
The Tet Offensive was one of the largest military operations of the Vietnam War, and became a key turning point in the conflict. The Tet Offensive was a surprise series of attacks launched during Tet, the Vietnamese New Year festival. Many South Vietnamese troops were on holiday when the attacks began, and the military was caught off guard.
May 5, 2020 · “The dominant scholarship about Vietnam argues that the anti-colonial nationalist movement against French colonialism led to communism, which then became the North Vietnamese state and ultimately the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV),” Tran says, referring to the official name of the postwar communist government, adding that she found an ...
On April 30 what remained of the South Vietnamese government surrendered unconditionally, and NVA tank columns occupied Saigon without a struggle. The remaining Americans escaped in a series of frantic air- and sealifts with Vietnamese friends and coworkers.
