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Battle of Quang Tri (1968) / 16.74028°N 107.18750°E / 16.74028; 107.18750. The Battle for Quang Tri occurred in and around Quảng Trị City ( Quảng Trị Province ), the northernmost provincial capital of South Vietnam during the Tet Offensive when the Vietcong (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) attacked Army of the Republic ...
Quảng Trị ( Vietnamese: [kwaːŋ˧˩ ʈi˧˨ʔ] ⓘ) is a coastal province near the southernmost part of the North Central Coast region, the Central of Vietnam, north of the former imperial capital of Huế. It borders Quảng Bình to the north, Thừa Thiên Huế to the south, Savannakhet of Laos to the west and the East Sea to the east ...
The Second Battle of Quang Tri (Vietnamese: Trận Thành cổ Quảng Trị; also called Operation Lam Sơn 72) began on 28 June 1972 and lasted 81 days until 16 September 1972, when South Vietnam's Army of the Republic of Vietnam defeated the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) at the ancient citadel of Quảng Trị (Vietnamese: Thành cổ Quảng Trị) and recaptured most of ...
361,097. 86. Quảng Tín ( listen ⓘ) was a province of South Vietnam. It was created from Quảng Nam's Quế Sơn District on July 31, 1962. [2] The capital was Tam Kỳ. As of the 1965 census the province had a population of 361,097 inhabitants, divided among six districts (quận), 86 communes (xã) and 419 hamlets (ấp). [3]
Tan Son Nhat International Airport. / 10.81889°N 106.65194°E / 10.81889; 106.65194. Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport ( IATA: SGN, ICAO: VVTS) is an international airport serving Ho Chi Minh City, the most populous city in Vietnam. The airport is located in the Tân Bình district within the Ho Chi Minh City metropolitan area.
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Quảng Trị Combat Base. / 16.775; 107.161 ( Quảng Trị Combat Base) Quảng Trị Combat Base (also known as Ái Tử Combat Base or simply Quảng Trị) is a former United States Marine Corps, United States Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base northwest of Quảng Trị in central Vietnam .
First Battle of Quảng Trị. / 16.733°N 106.967°E / 16.733; 106.967 ( First Battle of Quảng Trị) The First Battle of Quảng Trị ( Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Trị Thiên) resulted in the first major victory for the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) during the Easter Offensive of 1972. Quảng Trị Province was a major ...