The selective weed killer known as “Agent Orange” became notorious for its use in the 1960s during the Vietnam War by US forces to eliminate…
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The war in Vietnam ended abruptly on 30 April 1975. Saigon surrendered almost without a struggle as North Vietnamese tanks rolled into the city and…
1 8 9 0 – 1 9 6 9 Ho Chi Minh was the adopted name of Nguyen Tat Thanh – a North Vietnamese communist…
16 March 1968 Between 0700 and 1100 on the morning of 16 March 1968, members of “Charlie” Company, US 1st Battalion 20th Infantry Regiment, entered…
French Indochina was captured by the Japanese during WWII. After 1945 the French tried unsuccessfully to restore their rule in Vietnam, and in 1954 they…