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Apache (Viet Cong soldier) According to the American sniper Carlos Hathcock, Apache was a female sniper and interrogator for the Viet Cong during the War in Vietnam. [1][2] While no real name is given by Hathcock, he states she was known by the US military as "Apache", because of her methods of torturing US Marines and ARVN troops for ...
Jollibee had no less than 20 stores in Vietnam as of 2012, with branches in the cities of Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Da Nang, Nha Trang, in the provinces of Vinh Phuc, Dong Nai and in the Mekong Delta Region. [51] By the beginning of 2018, Jollibee opened 100 stores in Vietnam, and its 100th branch opened in Can Tho.
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. January 31, 1968.
The My Lai massacre (/ miː laɪ / mee ly; Vietnamese: Thảm sát Mỹ Lai [tʰâːm ʂǎːt mǐˀ lāːj] ⓘ) was a war crime committed by the United States Army on 16 March 1968, involving the mass murder of unarmed civilians in Sơn Mỹ village, Quảng Ngãi province, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. [1] At least 347 and up to 504 ...
Source: Stars and Stripes. Our Lady of La Vang (Vietnamese: Đức Mẹ La Vang) refers to a reported Marian apparition at a time when Catholics were persecuted and killed in Vietnam. The Shrine of our Lady of La Vang (Basilica of Our Lady of La Vang) is situated in what is today Hải Phú commune in Hải Lăng District of Quảng Trị ...
The sortable table below contains the three sets of ISO 3166-1 country codes for each of its 249 countries, links to the ISO 3166-2 country subdivision codes, and the Internet country code top-level domains (ccTLD) which are based on the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 standard with the few exceptions noted. See the ISO 3166-3 standard for former country codes.
1509. Hanoi. All Cham slaves and fugitives in the capital of Hanoi were murdered [1] King Lê Uy Mục of the Lê dynasty of Đại Việt. 1782 Saigon massacre. 1782. District 5, Ho Chi Minh City. 4,000–20,000 Chinese civilians. Vietnamese Tây Sơn force under Nguyễn Nhạc.
Vietnam, [e][f] officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, [g] is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about 331,000 square kilometres (128,000 sq mi) and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.