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Mỹ Lai and My Khê hamlets, Sơn Mỹ, Quảng Ngãi, South Vietnam 504 U.S. Army: Son Tra massacre: June 28/9, 1968 Sơn Trà, Bình Sơn District, Quảng Ngãi, South Vietnam 88 Viet Cong: Thanh Phong massacre (disputed) February 25, 1969 Thanh Phong village of Bến Tre Province, South Vietnam 21 U.S. Navy: Son Thang massacre: February 19 ...
A few Americans chose not to be evacuated. United States ground combat units had left South Vietnam more than two years prior to the fall of Saigon and were not available to assist with either the defense of Saigon or the evacuation. [11] The evacuation was the largest helicopter evacuation in history.
Estimates of casualties of the Vietnam War vary widely. Estimates can include both civilian and military deaths in North and South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.. The war lasted from 1955 to 1975 and most of the fighting took place in South Vietnam; accordingly it suffered the most casualties.
2020 Central Vietnam floods: Flood Central Vietnam 249 October–November 2020 [10] Ho Chi Minh City ITC fire: Fire: Ho Chi Minh City: 60 29 October 2002 [11] 2023 Hanoi building fire: Fire Hanoi: 56 13 September 2023 [12] Collapse of Cần Thơ Bridge: Construction collapse Cần Thơ: 55 26 September 2007 [13] 2022 Vietnam karaoke bar fire ...
The Mississagi River begins in a small unnamed lake in Sudbury District and flows south 8 kilometres (5 mi) from that point to the border of Algoma District, then southeast through a north-east corner of the district, before returning once again to Sudbury District at White Owl Lake, from which it flows into Mississagi Lake at an elevation of 457 metres (1,499 ft).
Tiền River; Mỹ Tho River; Gò Công River; Bến Tre River; Ba Lai River; Cổ Chiên River; Hàm Luông River; Bình Di River; Châu Đốc River; Bassac River, or Hậu River; Vàm Nao River; Bảo Định Canal; Tàu Hủ Canal; Thoại Hà Canal; Trẹm River; Cửa Lớn River; Bồ Đề River; Ông Đốc River
The reports were given to Marine Corps general Victor Krulak, who was preparing to visit South Vietnam as part of a high-level U.S. military mission to assess progress in the war. [30]: 132 31 December. North Vietnam infiltrated 12,850 persons into South Vietnam, mostly southern communists who had migrated to North Vietnam in 1954–1955.
The My Lai massacre (/ m iː l aɪ / MEE LY; Vietnamese: Thảm sát Mỹ Lai [tʰâːm ʂǎːt mǐˀ lāːj] ⓘ) was a United States war crime committed on 16 March 1968, involving the mass murder of unarmed civilians in Sơn Mỹ village, Quảng Ngãi province, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. [1]