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Viet Cong
Viet Cong , officially Viet Nam Cong San [Vietnamese Communists], People's Liberation Armed Forces in South Vietnam. The term was originally applied by Diem's regime to Communist troops (about 10,000) left in hideouts in South Vietnam after the Geneva Conference of 1954, following the French... Read more |
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Battle of the Ia Drang Valley
Ia Drang Valley, Battle of the (1965). One of the most significant battles of the Vietnam War, the 14–16 November 1965 battle in the Ia Drang Valley in South Vietnam's central highlands between the U.S. Army's 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) and the 33rd and 66th Regiments of the North... Read more |
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Vietnam War
Vietnam War conflict in Southeast Asia, primarily fought in South Vietnam between government forces aided by the United States and guerrilla forces aided by North Vietnam. The war began soon after the Geneva Conference provisionally divided (1954) Vietnam at 17° N lat. into the Democratic... Read more |
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Dienbienphu
Dienbienphu or Dien Bien Phu , former French military base, N Vietnam, near the Laos border. It was the scene in 1954 of the last great battle between the French and the Viet Minh forces of Ho Chi Minh in Indochina. The French occupied the base by parachute drop in Nov., 1953; this move... Read more |
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guerrilla warfare
guerrilla warfare [Span.,=little war], fighting by groups of irregular troops (guerrillas) within areas occupied by the enemy. When guerrillas obey the laws of conventional warfare they are entitled, if captured, to be treated as ordinary prisoners of war; however, they are often executed by their... Read more |
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warfare
warfare violent conflict between armed enemies. In modern times warfare has usually been conducted by the armed forces (e.g., army, navy, and air force) of a nation or other politically organized group. The way in which war is carried out is governed by the principles of strategy and tactics ,... Read more |
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Counterinsurgency
Counterinsurgency. Counterinsurgency was the name given in the 1960s to a U.S. political‐military doctrine designed to defeat Communist‐influenced insurgencies, what Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev called “wars of national liberation” in the process of decolonization.... Read more |
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Woody Kipp. Viet Cong at Wounded Knee: The Trail of a Blackfeet...
...than simply autobiography. Viet Cong at Wounded Knee is an insightful...and dominance ... that have shaped and formed this country...at Wounded Knee in 1973. Viet Cong at Wounded Knee has thirteen...Madison. He also has ... |
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Kerrey goes public with a private hell
...territory on a dangerous mission searching for Viet Cong. He had been taught that Viet Cong sympathizers, including women and children, might...It is significant that Kerrey does not appear to have used the Bronze Star for ... |
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Marilyn Manson's Private Hell
...only touring. Manson seems to have become a permanent resident...grammar school, where he was taught that UPC price codes were a sign...had removed from the corpse of a Viet Cong soldier, he taught me how to shoot." His mother... |
 "The Beacon News - Aurora (IL)")
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WARRIOR TURNED AUTHOR TAKES READERS BACK TO HO CHI MINH TRAIL
...he just had to have one of those...Vietnam to the Viet Cong guerrillas and...in Laos by the Viet Cong and "hated them...a passion." Taught and reinforced...States should have used its Navy...and wife Sandra ... |
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Sane difference
...muscle-control techniques I taught myself as a prisoner of the Viet Cong enabled me to wiggle free of...menopause, the woman who's taught millions of readers to regard...was felt by the analysts to have neutralised the impact of Al... |
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Vietnam revisited
...According to Ku, "The Viet Cong cut out [prisoners] skin...with prisoners of war, the Viet Cong ignored these rules. Ku...the Vietnam War is rarely taught in South Korean schools...corner of the world who have come together ... |
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Basic training getting major overhaul
...he says. "They have to go in with a...Recruits were taught how to avoid booby...villages where Viet Cong guerrillas might...Recruits will be taught to fire weapons...devices. Those bombs have killed dozens of...all soldiers ... |
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IN THE FARTHEST PLACE FROM HERE, VISITING THE FORGOTTEN
...Schulz, who has taught in the Hunter English...one is exploring the Viet Nam conflict from...tunnels, where the Viet Cong led guerilla attacks...younger than 25, many have not forgotten the...provided cover for the Viet ... |
 "The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)")
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DE PALMA COMES OF AGE
...warning them about Viet Cong snipers, detours...he felt he should have done more to save...Vietnamese steamrolled by Viet Cong and GIs alike, but...equipped to deal with, taught daily that life was...what could easily ... |
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New Zealand's Vietnam War: A history of combat, commitment and...
...diplomacy, Clausewitz taught us. The diplomacy...2007). They have made it clear how...a defeat for the Viet Cong, but also a victory...engagements with the Viet Cong. What must surely...force. Whenever the ... |
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