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Four-plane defoliant run, part of Operation Ranch Hand. Operation Ranch Hand was a U.S. military operation during the Vietnam War, lasting from 1962 until 1971.Largely inspired by the British use of chemicals 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D (Agent Orange) during the Malayan Emergency in the 1950s, it was part of the overall herbicidal warfare program during the war called "Operation Trail Dust".
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about 331,000 square kilometres (128,000 sq mi) and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.
Vietnam, [e] [f] officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, [g] [h] is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about 331,000 square kilometres (128,000 sq mi) and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.
The following items all appeared in the Wikipedia:Main page's Did You Know section during the month of July 2010 (see older items): 31 July 2010... that as a result of his success during the Cambodian Campaign, Army of the Republic of Vietnam General Do Cao Tri was dubbed the "Patton of the Parrot's Beak"?
3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines; 1955 State of Vietnam referendum; 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt; 1964 Brinks Hotel bombing; Arrest and assassination of Ngô Đình Diệm
Lê Lợi (Hán tự: 黎利; 1384 or 1385? – 1433), posthumously known with the temple name Lê Thái Tổ (黎太祖), was Emperor of Vietnam and founder of the Lê Dynasty. Lê Lợi is among the most famous figures from the medieval period of Vietnamese history and one of its greatest heroes.
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The Battle of Dien Bien Phu (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Điện Biên Phủ) was the climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War between the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist revolutionaries. The battle occurred between March and May 1954 and culminated in a comprehensive French defeat.