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The operation resulted in 362 PAVN and 142 Marines killed and the removal of the entire civilian population and creation of a free-fire zone. [9]: 30 18 May – 7 December. Operation Barking Sands was a pacification operation conducted by the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division in Hậu Nghĩa and Bình Dương Provinces. The operation resulted ...
t. e. A Viet Cong (VC) attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base occurred during the early hours of 4 December 1966, during the Vietnam War. Tan Son Nhut Air Base was one of the major air bases used for offensive air operations within South Vietnam and for the support of United States Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) ground operations.
In 1965, Saigon Television Station (THVN), the first television station of Vietnam, was established. On January 22, 1966, the first television program was broadcast, and then officially aired in the South on February 7 of the same year. Black-and-white television station with the FCC television specification, 4.5 MHz voice modulation.
Corporal. Chu Pa Region, Pleiku Province. February 9, 1969 – February 11, 1969. For saving many lives as a medic during a number of vicious firefights. Second conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor. Dwight W. Birdwell. Army. Specialist Five. Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Saigon.
Đàm Vĩnh Hưng (born 2 October 1971 [citation needed] ), often referred to by his nickname Mr. Dam[citation needed] is a Vietnamese singer. He won 2 Dedication awards and multiple awards in Vietnam. Besides pop, he also performed many pre-war songs, Trinh Cong Son 's songs and yellow music. He is one of the most highly paid singers in ...
v. t. e. South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( RVN; Vietnamese: Việt Nam Cộng hòa; VNCH, French: 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 ...
The Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces (RVNAF; Vietnamese: Quân lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa – QLVNCH), were the official armed defence forces of the defunct Republic of Vietnam and were responsible for the defence of the state and the republican regime since its independence from France on 26 October 1955 to its collapse from its northern communist counterparts and the National Liberation ...
A Vietnam Human Rights Day is observed each year on 11 May in the U.S. state of Virginia, particularly by the Vietnamese diaspora who left after the Vietnam War and the Fall of Saigon [ a] as well as by dissidents who fled the country in subsequent decades.