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It is ranked a special historical relic of national importance by the government of Vietnam. The most famous site in this prison are the "tiger cages" (chuồng cọp). The French tiger cages cover an area of 5.475 m 2, within which each cell occupies 1.408 m 2, solariums occupy 1.873 m 2, and other spaces occupy 2.194 m 2. The prison includes ...
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 term re-education, with its pedagogical overtones, does not quite convey the quasi-mystical resonance of học tập cải tạo(學習改造) in Vietnamese. Cải ("to transform", from Sino-Vietnamese 改) and tạo ("to create", from Sino-Vietnamese 造) combine to literally mean an attempt at re-creation, and making over sinful or incomplete individuals.
The seal of the Hội đồng Nguyễn Phúc tộc Việt Nam. The Hội đồng Nguyễn Phúc tộc Việt Nam (also written as the Hội đồng Nguyễn Phước tộc Việt Nam) is an organisation of the Nguyễn Phúc clan. [33] As of June 2022 the chairman of this organisation is Associate Professor Dr. Nguyễn Phước Bửu Nam. [33]
The school was dissolved during the Japanese occupation in 1944. The school was reestablished as the Dalat School for Children of Soldiers (Ecole des Enfants de Troupe de Dalat) in 1950. The Vietnamese National Military Academy was founded in December 1948 in Huế. Under French operation, the academy was simply a nine-month officer training ...
Since becoming an officer-producing school in 1952, the Infantry School graduated over 40,900 students as of November 1969 and continued to be the largest source of officers in the South Vietnamese armed forces. [1]: 139 On 18 January 1970 Viet Cong (VC) bombs exploded at the academy killing 18 people and wounding 33. [3]
Clongowes Wood College SJ is a Catholic voluntary boarding school for boys near Clane, County Kildare, Ireland, founded by the Jesuits in 1814. [2] It features prominently in James Joyce's semi-autobiographical novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
Jan 1 – Feb 1973: Operation Igloo White [3]: 83–302 [4] USAF electronic warfare program to interdict the Ho Chi Minh Trail: Ho Chi Minh Trail: Jan 1 – Mar 1 1973: Operation Clearwater [1] US Navy operation to interdict enemy bases and lines of communications on inland waterways: I Corps: Jan 5 – 25: Operation Sultan (1968) [1]