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ISO 3166-2:VN is the entry for Vietnam in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
1969 map of the Demilitarized Zone. The Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone was a demilitarized zone at the 17th parallel in Quang Tri province that was the dividing line between North Vietnam and South Vietnam from 21 July 1954 to 2 July 1976, when Vietnam was officially divided into 2 de facto countries, which was 2 de jure military gathering areas supposed to be sustained in the short term after ...
The area of Operation Thayer, Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam. Operation Thayer was the largest air assault undertaken up until that time in the Vietnam War. [6] The focus of Operation Thayer was the Kim Son Valley where seven small rivers, separated by mountains, came together in what the Americans called the Crow's Foot.
On 12 July 1970 elements of the 196th Infantry Brigade launched the operation by securing Khâm Đức airfield. [1]: 84 After securing the airfield and establishing a firebase for A Battery, 1st Battalion, 82nd Artillery there, the 196th Infantry proceeded to patrol the surrounding area meeting limited opposition, while suffering several casualties in small skirmishes and mortar attacks.
The short film STAFF FILM REPORT 66-17A (1966) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive. Men of the 1st Division, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry, Rangers, Charlie Company Vietnam; George Wilson's book, Mud Soldiers, opens with the chapter "Legacy" which recounts this battle. Wilson used primary sources.
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; Vietnamese: Việt Nam Cộng hòa; VNCH, French: République du Viêt Nam), was a sovereign country in Southeast Asia from 1955 to 1975, with its formation in 1949 as the State of Vietnam. Its capital was located in Saigon (renamed to Ho Chi Minh City in 1976).
Long An Province was the gateway to the Mekong Delta the "rice-basket" of South Vietnam, in addition to producing over 280,000 tons of rice per year itself. The province contained vital transport links namely Route 4 which connected Saigon to An Xuyên Province and the Vàm Cỏ Đông and Vàm Cỏ Tay rivers which flowed southeast from the ...
Battle of Cửa Việt took place during the Vietnam War between 25–31 January 1973 at the Cửa Việt naval base and its vicinity, in northeast Quảng Trị Province. The battle involved a combined task force of South Vietnamese Marine and armored units that tried to gain a foothold at the Cua Viet Port just as the ceasefire was about to ...