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Long Sơn Island is an estuary island near Vũng Tàu, Vietnam.. The Grand House of Long Son, home of the Ong Tran religion, is situated on the island. During the Vietnam War, the Viet Cong (C41 Company Chau Duc District Company) used the island as a rest and training centre. [1]
Expendable Warriors – The Battle of Khe Sanh and the Vietnam War. Westport, Connecticut & London: Praeger International Security. ISBN 978-0-275-99480-8. Donaldson, Gary (1996). America at War Since 1945: Politics and Diplomacy in Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf War. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-27595-660-8.
Various names have been applied and have shifted over time, though Vietnam War is the most commonly used title in English. It has been called the Second Indochina War since it spread to Laos and Cambodia, [63] the Vietnam Conflict, [64] [65] and Nam (colloquially 'Nam). In Vietnam it is commonly known as Kháng chiến chống Mỹ (lit.
They are the subject of a territorial dispute between Brunei, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam. At the time of the incident, both China and Vietnam claimed ownership of the entire island group. The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) is a UNESCO body which coordinates international study in the field of ...
Rung Sat Special Zone (Vietnamese: Đặc khu Rừng Sác) was the name given during the Vietnam War by the South Vietnam Government and American forces to a large area of the Sác Forest (Vietnamese Rừng Sác), which is today known as the Cần Giờ Mangrove Forest. It was also known as the "Forest of Assassins."
Operation Masher, also known as Operation White Wing, (24 January—6 March 1966) was the largest search and destroy mission that had been carried out in the Vietnam War up until that time. [6] It was a combined mission of the United States Army , Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), and Republic of Korea Army (ROK) in Bình Định Province ...
Long Sơn is a rural commune (xã) of Vũng Tàu in Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province, Vietnam. [ 1 ] The commune lies north of Vũng Tàu, it consists of Long Sơn Island and Gò Găng Island .
Phú Quý island, also known as Cu Lao Thu, is located off the coast of southern Vietnam. The island is about 60 nautical miles (110 km) away from Phan Thiết, and 82 nautical miles (152 km) away from Cam Ranh Bay. The island is about 21 square kilometers in size, and in 1975 it had a population of about 12,000 people.