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The Sơn Thắng massacre (/ s ə n ˈ t æ ŋ / sən-TANG, Vietnamese: [ʂəːŋ˧˧ tʰaŋ˦˧˥]) was a massacre conducted by the United States Marine Corps on 19 February 1970, in which seven women and nine children were killed. The Marines reported the civilians killed as being Vietcong (VC) killed in a firefight. [1]
Tommy attended Chaparral High School in Paradise where he met the future bass player for The Killers, Mark Stoermer in jazz band. [3] While still in high school, Tommy worked as a fashion model for Tommy Hilfiger, Jaguar, and appeared in the video for Sting's Desert Rose. Tommy would also appear in the video for Passion Fruit's Sun Fun Baby in 2000
About 400 killed (mainly women, children, and elderly people) French Foreign Legion: Vũng Tàu. massacre. July 21, 1952 Vũng Tàu: 20 killed Viet Minh: Land reform in North Vietnam: 1953–1956 North Vietnam [6] Communist government of North Vietnam under orders from Ho Chi Minh: Quỳnh Lưu uprising: November 2–14, 1956 North Vietnam ...
At 23:30, the PAVN/VC troops fell on CAP 2-9-1. AC-47 gunships held back the PAVN/VC while a platoon of Marines mounted in amphibian tractors, with tanks and helicopter gunships escorting, attacked east from An Hoa to reinforce the hamlet and bring an ammunition resupply. The battle raged for five hours, during which the Marines threw back four ...
Murder, kidnapping, torture and intimidation were a routine part of Viet Cong (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) operations during the Vietnam War.They were intended to liquidate opponents such as officials, leaders, military personnel, civilians who collaborated with the South Vietnamese government, erode the morale of South Vietnamese government employees, cow the populace and boost ...
The Bình Hòa Massacre, (Vietnamese: thảm sát Bình Hoà, Korean: 빈호아 학살) was a massacre purportedly conducted by South Korean forces between December 3 and December 6, 1966, of 430 unarmed civilians in Bình Hòa village, Quảng Ngãi Province in South Vietnam. [1] [3] In 2000, however, it was reported that a monument within the ...
The murder of a 15-year-old girl rocked a quiet Connecticut town in 1975. A look inside at the case that has frustrated investigators. Martha Moxley murder: Case timeline
The operation ended on 8 March 1969. Marine losses were 183 killed and 1,487 wounded, ARVN losses were 100 killed and 378 wounded. [3]: 94 The Marines reported 1,398 PAVN were killed and took 29 prisoner. [4] [5] One Marine, Lance Corporal William R. Prom, was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry during Taylor Common. [3]: 371