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Saigon Execution[ a] is a 1968 photograph by Associated Press photojournalist Eddie Adams, taken during the Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War. It depicts South Vietnamese brigadier general Nguyễn Ngọc Loan shooting Viet Cong captain Nguyễn Văn Lém[ b][ c] near the Ấn Quang Pagoda in Saigon. The photograph was published extensively by ...
The claimed flying aces of the Vietnam War, pilots who shot down five or more enemy aircraft, include 19 Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) pilots, (six MiG-17 and 13 MiG-21 pilots), [ 1]: 228 and five Americans. A MiG-21 of the VPAF which became the primary fighter-interceptor against USAF and USN aircraft.
Naratetama VVIP Airport (IKN Airport) is an under-construction airport that is expected to be operational in August 2024. [1] [2] The Very Very Important Person (VVIP) Airport, also known as the Naratetama Capital of the Archipelago (IKN), is for welcoming state guests in Indonesia.
The Ministry of Public Security ( MPS, Vietnamese: Bộ Công an (BCA)) [ 1] is a public agency directly under the Government of Vietnam, performing the function of state management of security, order and social safety; counterintelligence; crime prevention investigation; fire prevention and rescue; execution of criminal judgments, judgment ...
Final loss: A-26A 64-17646 (609th SOS, 56th SOW) lost over Laos on the night of 7–8 July 1969, killing both crewmen. A-37 Dragonfly —22 total. First loss: 1967, final loss: 1972. Wing of downed USAF warplane at the Vietnam Military History Museum. AC-47 Spooky —19 total, 12 in combat.
The VC killed 78 South Vietnamese civilians in Thanh My hamlet, Phu Thanh village, Quảng Nam Province in the Thanh My massacre. [4]: 177–8 Aftermath of the Thanh My massacre 12-16 June. In the Battle of Kompong Speu a combined forces of the ARVN and ANK fought to recapture the provincial capital of Kompong Speu. The town was captured by ...
Quảng Nam (55,091 people, constituting 74.27% of all Cơ Tu in Vietnam), Thừa Thiên-Huế (16,719 people, constituting 22.54% of all Cơ Tu in Vietnam) Giẻ Triêng: 0.07%: 50,962 63,322: 2.17%: Kon Tum (39,515 people, constituting 62.40% of all Giẻ Triêng in Vietnam), Quảng Nam (23,222 people, constituting 36.67% of all Giẻ ...
The 1945–1946 War in Vietnam, codenamed Operation Masterdom [3] by the British, and also known as the Southern Resistance War (Vietnamese: Nam Bộ kháng chiến) [4] [5] by the Vietnamese, was a post–World War II armed conflict involving a largely British-Indian and French task force and Japanese troops from the Southern Expeditionary Army Group, versus the Vietnamese communist movement ...