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The Thác Bà Reservoir or Thác Bà Lake (Vietnamese: Hồ Thác Bà) is an artificial lake in Yên Bái Province, Vietnam created by construction of the Thác Bà hydroelectric plant in the 1960s. [1] Thác Bà is the name of the Bà Falls which pre-existed the dam (cf. Vietnamese: thác nước, waterfall). [2] Panoramic view of Thác Bà lake
Thác Bà Lake is situated in the province, an artificial lake which has an area of 23,400 hectares (90 sq mi) and 1,331 islands and hills. [19] It has a capacity of 3 to 3.9 billion cubic meters of water and its original intention was to run the Thác Bà hydroelectric plant, one of the first large hydropower projects in Vietnam.
Yên Bình is divided into 24 commune-level sub-divisions, including 2 townships (Yên Bình, Thác Bà) and 22 rural communes (Bạch Hà, Bảo Ái, Cảm Ân, Cảm Nhân, Đại Đồng, Đại Minh, Hán Đà, Mông Sơn, Mỹ Gia, Ngọc Chấn, Phú Thịnh, Phúc An, Phúc Ninh, Tân Hương, Tân Nguyên, Thịnh Hưng, Vĩnh Kiên, Vũ Linh, Xuân Lai, Xuân Long, Yên Bình, Yên ...
VVA, initially known as the Council of Vietnam Veterans, began its work. By the summer of 1979, the Council of Vietnam Veterans had transformed into Vietnam Veterans of America, a veterans service organization made up of, and devoted to, Vietnam veterans. Bobby Muller and Stuart F. Feldman were among the organization's co-founders. [2]
The following is a list of Lakes in Vietnam. Ba Mẫu Lake; Ba Bể Lake; Biển Hồ Lake; Bảy Mẫu Lake; Búng Bình Thiên; Dầu Tiếng Lake; Giảng Võ Lake; Lakes in Hanoi (Các hồ tại Hà Nội): Hoàn Kiếm Lake; Núi Cốc Lake; Phú Ninh Lake; Thiền Quang Lake; Trúc Bạch Lake; West Lake; Xuân Hương Lake; Định ...
Robert Russell Garwood (born April 1, 1946) is a former United States Marine.Often cited as the last verified American prisoner of war (POW) from the Vietnam War, Garwood was captured on September 28, 1965 by Việt Cộng forces near Da Nang, Quang Nam Province.
Dr. Jonathan Shay, in his book Achilles in Vietnam The entire military is “a moral construct,” said retired VA psychiatrist and author Jonathan Shay . In his ground-breaking 1994 study of combat trauma among Vietnam veterans, Achilles in Vietnam , he writes: “The moral power of an army is so great that it can motivate men to get up out of ...
Veterans Memorial Park is located at 600 W. Meadow Street in Leesburg, Florida, just north of City Hall. The park includes a small playground for young children, lighted walking path, covered seating, and several memorials celebrating the U.S. military and area veterans. [1] It also contains a pond called Fountain Lake. [2]