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Free-fire zone. A free-fire zone in U.S. military parlance is a fire control measure, used for coordination between adjacent combat units. The definition used in the Vietnam War by U.S. troops may be found in field manual FM 6-20: A specific designated area into which any weapon system may fire without additional coordination with the ...
On 29 October 2002, a fire occurred in the International Trade Centre (ITC) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The six-story building was occupied by a department store, a disco and offices of several foreign companies. The fire killed 60 people and injured 90 others, making it one of the deadliest peacetime disasters in Vietnam.
Firebase Nancy (later known as Firebase My Chanh) was a U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) fire support base located 9 miles (14 km) southeast of Quảng Trị in central Vietnam. History. Nancy was located approximately 9 miles (14 km) southeast of Quảng Trị and northwest of Huế.
90 minutes. Country. Vietnam. Language. Vietnamese. The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone ( Vietnamese: Cánh đồng hoang) is a 1979 Vietnamese drama film directed by Nguyễn Hồng Sến [ vi]. It won the Golden Prize and the Prix FIPRESCI at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. [1]
22 killed. US body count 304 killed. 30 captured. Operation Hickory was a search and destroy operation conducted by the 3rd Marine Division in the area around Con Thien, Quảng Trị Province known as Leatherneck Square from 18 to 28 May 1967. Operation Hickory was the first authorized incursion into the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).
Firebase Ross (also known as Hill 51) was a U.S. Marine Corps, Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) fire support base located in the Quế Sơn Valley southwest of Hội An, Quảng Nam Province in central Vietnam. History. The base was located in the Quế Sơn Valley along Route 535, approximately 27 km southwest of Hội An.
37. On 12 September 2023, at around 23:30 ICT (UTC+07:00), a fire occurred in a nine-story microapartment building in the 29th alley of Khương Hạ street, Khương Đình ward, Thanh Xuân district, Hanoi, Vietnam. [1] Of the approximately 150 people residing in the building, 56 were killed by the fire and 37 others were injured.
v. t. e. Operation Frequent Wind was the final phase in the evacuation of American civilians and "at-risk" Vietnamese from Saigon, South Vietnam, before the takeover of the city by the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) in the Fall of Saigon. It was carried out on 29–30 April 1975, during the last days of the Vietnam War.
A fire occurred in Nghệ An Province on 22 June destroying 15 hectares (37 acres) of forest. [2] On 28 June, five separate fires in Hà Tĩnh Province destroyed hundreds of hectares of forests and threatened nearby residential areas. The largest fire happened at around 1:00 pm at a protected forest area in Nghi Xuân District which quickly ...
37 killed. US body count: 106 killed. 24 individual and 9 crew-served weapons recovered. Operation Green River was a security operation during the Vietnam War conducted by the 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division in Quảng Trị Province from 19 January to 22 July 1970.