Tag: Viet Cong

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16th March 1968: My Lai Massacre committed by US troops

16th March 2021
Tagged as: America, Cold War, Communism, Massacre, USA, Viet Cong, Vietnam, War

On the 16th March 1968, US soldiers from Company C of the Americal Division’s 11th Infantry Brigade committed the My Lai Massacre.

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2nd March 1965: USA launches Operation Rolling Thunder in Vietnam

2nd March 2021
Tagged as: Aircraft, America, Bomb, Cold War, Communism, Technology, USA, Viet Cong, Vietnam, War

On the 2^nd March 1965 the United States military, alongside the Republic of Vietnam Air Force, began Operation Rolling Thunder as part of the Vietnam War.

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1st February 1968: Viet Cong Captain Bảy Lốp executed by General Loan

1st February 2020
Tagged as: Cold War, Communism, Journalism, USA, Viet Cong, Vietnam, War

On the 1^st February 1968, American photojournalist Eddie Adams took a photograph of South Vietnamese National Police Chief General Nguyễn Ngọc Loan executing Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém in Saigon.