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The Châu Đốc massacre was the July 11, 1957 killing of 17 people in the small town of Châu Đốc in An Giang Province, near the border with Cambodia, in what was then known as South Vietnam. The killings were part of a low-level campaign targeting South Vietnamese officials.
The Central Khmer Rouge shelled Chau Doc, the capital of An Giang Province. [9] [10] On 25 September 1977, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Khmer Rouge launched an attack along the Cambodia-Vietnam border, about 10 kilometers deep into the territory of Tay Ninh Province, killing 592 local residents. [11]
A worthwhile option to consider is a night (or two) in one of the floating hotels (there are 2, one reachable via footbridge, the other via boat). Sam Mountain, being the highest mountain in Mekong Delta (284 m), [ 6 ] is a famous mountain in Châu Đốc, about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from the city.
[2]: 479 1 NZATTV remained at Chi Lăng until being withdrawn as part of the general withdrawal of New Zealand forces from South Vietnam in December 1972. [2]: 486 That Son camp was used as the model for the fictional Phan Chau camp in Robin Moore's book The Green Berets. [1]
By 1968, Dix had reached the rank of staff sergeant, [2] and was assigned as a military adviser to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) in Chau Phu, South Vietnam, near the Cambodian border. On January 31, 1968, Viet Cong forces attacked Chau Phu in the first days of the Tet Offensive. Throughout that day and the next, Dix led groups of ...
The Civilian Irregular Defense Group (CIDG, pronounced / ˈ s ɪ d ʒ iː /, SID-jee; Vietnamese: Lực lượng Dân sự chiến đấu) was a military program developed by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the Vietnam War, which was intended to develop South Vietnamese irregular military units (militia) from indigenous ethnic-minority populations.
Operation Leopard [2] A Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment reconnaissance and ambush operation: Duc Thanh District: Jan 4 – 11: Operation Cliff Dweller IV [2] 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division operation: Nui Ba Den (Black Virgin Mountain), Tây Ninh Province: Jan 4 - 30: Operation Wayne Thrust [2] 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division clear and ...
Bảy Núi (Vietnamese: [ɓa᷉ːj nǔj], Chữ Nôm: 罷𡶀, seven mountains), also known by the Sino-Vietnamese version Thất Sơn (Vietnamese: [tʰə́k ʂəːŋ], Chữ Hán: 七山), is a range of small mountains located in the Tri Tôn and Tịnh Biên districts in Vietnam's An Giang Province, very close to the Cambodian border.