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Vietnam DMZ Travel Guides
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 The DMZ is approximately 75 km north of Hue Imperial Citadel and 580km south of Ha Noi. From Ha Noi you can take an overnight train for Dong Ha Town or from Hue you can take a day tour to the DMZ. Our tour brings you to a valley called Khe Sanh, back in times, there were fierce battles here once...
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Vietnam My Lai Massacre
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 In the Vietnam War, a massacre of Vietnamese civilians by U.S. soldiers. On March 16, 1968, a unit of the U.S. army Americal division, led by Lt. William L. Calley, invaded the South Vietnamese hamlet of My Lai (more correctly, Son My), an alleged Viet Cong stronghold.
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Vietnam Khe Sanh Travel Guides
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 Vietnam Khe Sanh Battle, Khe Sanh Besiege, Khe Sanh Battle Field. The U.S. Marine Corps base at Khe Sanh, a mountainous region just south of the DMZ and close to the border with Laos, became a symbol for America's involvement in the Vietnam War. The base was established as a possible staging point for U.S. actions in the area. In early 1968, soon after the North's Tet Offensive, three North Vietnamese divisions surrounded Khe Sanh and its 6,000 defenders.
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Viet Nam Ho Chi Minh Trails
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 The North Vietnam supply route into South Vietnam was named in honor of the Northern leader, Ho Chi Minh. A trail only in name, it was originally a series of jungle paths -- screened by heavy foliage from the air. Part of the trail wound through the neighboring countries of Laos and Cambodia.
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Viet Nam Gulf of Tonkin
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 In August 1964, North Vietnamese torpedo boats allegedly attacked the U.S. Navy destroyer Maddox -- which was patrolling off the North Vietnamese coast, near the port of Haiphong. U.S. warships retaliated, and reportedly sunk one of the torpedo boats.
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