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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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