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2. Xá Lợi Pagoda raids - Wikipedia

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   The monks told members of the U.S. press corps in Saigon that the raids were coming, allowing them to be more prepared for the event than the U.S. embassy. [48] In the afternoon before the raids, trucks filled with soldiers headed past the offices of media outlets—from where the journalists saw them—destined for the Ấn Quang Pagoda.

3. Tet offensive battle of Cholon and Phu Tho Racetrack

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   The VC were entrenched in the pagoda and in bunkers and tunnels in the adjacent cemetery. In a day of hard fighting Task Force Gibler supported by fire from M42 Dusters overran the position killing 49 VC and capturing four together with maps, radios and other equipment for the loss of six U.S. soldiers killed.

4. Xa Loi Pagoda raids - Wikipedia

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   Printable version; From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Redirect page. Redirect to: Xá Lợi Pagoda raids; To the ...

5. Xá Lợi Pagoda - Wikipedia

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   Xá Lợi Pagoda's bell tower is visible from the street. The bell tower of Xá Lợi Pagoda was opened in 1961. The tower stands 32 m, has seven stories, and is the highest bell tower in Vietnam. On the highest level, there is a bell weighing two tonnes, which was cast in the model of the bell of Thiên Mụ Pagoda in Huế. [1]

6. Siege of Saigon - Wikipedia

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   The siege of Saigon, a two-year siege of the city by the Vietnamese after its capture on 17 February 1859 by a Franco-Spanish flotilla under the command of the French admiral Charles Rigault de Genouilly, was one of the major events of the Cochinchina campaign (1858–1862).

7. Wikipedia : Today's featured article/requests/Xá Lợi Pagoda raids

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   The Xá Lợi Pagoda raids were attacks on various Buddhist pagodas in South Vietnam in 1963. The raids were executed by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces and combat police, who both took their orders from Ngô Đình Nhu, brother of President Ngô Đình Diệm. South Vietnam's Buddhist majority were protesting religious bias ...

8. Names of Ho Chi Minh City - Wikipedia

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   Furthermore, the [au]~[o] alternation is well established in Vietnamese, and is still active today. For example, "không" as /kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧/ or /xəwŋ͡m˧˧/ meaning "no" is not dialectal according to region, but is used in free variation throughout present day Ho Chi Minh City (Lopez, 2010).

9. Diệu Đế Temple - Wikipedia

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   Diệu Đế pagoda was one of the three pagodas in Huế to be declared as a "national pagoda" by Emperor Thiệu Trị and was under the direct patronage of the Nguyễn dynasty. The pagoda was built under the reign of Thiệu Trị and is famous for its four low towers, one to either side of the main gate, while the other two flank the ...