Political and military history of Indochina 1945- 1998.
Sai Gon, South Viet Nam
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– at Kamwenge, Uganda
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Cam York is having a ROUGH night. This last shift was ugly as it gets. Casual going back on a retrieval, and then a terrible icing.
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Rays 2, Phillies 0: The Phillies led the Diamondbacks by 6.5 games on Sept. 1. It's down to 1.5 games, with Arizona playing later in SD. Phillies had four hits, none with a runner in scoring position. They've lost 3 in a row and 5 of 7. Bullpen game tomorrow. Holy, Chico Ruiz.
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This is my favorite artifact at the @Ford_Library: The Saigon Staircase is the original metal stairwell that sat on the roof of the US Embassy in Saigon. It was used during the frantic helicopter evacuations at the end of the Vietnam War. 🧵
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#OTD 1969: North #Vietnam President #HoChiMinh died of a heart attack at the age of 79. Approximately 200,000 attended his funeral in Hanoi’s Ba Dinh Square including the Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin, China’s Vice Premier Li Hsien-nien and Cambodia’s Prince Norodom Sihanouk.
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On the first day of the RNC in Miami Beach, Vietnam Vet #RonKovic, along with 3000 anti-war protesters demonstrated and harassed delegates. rollingstone.com/politics/po… #VietnamWar #USHistory
#OTD 1972: The Republican National Convention opened in Miami Beach, Florida. flashbackmiami.com/2016/06/1… #Politics #USHistory
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#OTD 1972: Paralyzed while serving in Vietnam in 1968, #RonKovic (w/flag) led fellow veterans into the Republican National Convention in Miami. When #Nixon began to speak, he shouted, “Stop the bombing! Stop the war! vvaw.org/veteran/article/?id… #USHistory
On the first day of the RNC in Miami Beach, Vietnam Vet #RonKovic, along with 3000 anti-war protesters demonstrated and harassed delegates. rollingstone.com/politics/po… #VietnamWar #USHistory
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Quang Ngai City (📷 Nov-2013)
Vietnam wartime bunker on the southside bank of Trà Khúc River and southern end of Bridge Trà Khúc 1 🪖
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Report by Sergeant Pierre Schoendoerffer (future director of the films 317th Platoon, The Anderson Platoon, Điện Biên Phủ).
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recent & rare find:
Ronald Zinn, Army Track, Olympics, USMA 1962, by Pap (Tom Paprocki), 1962
KIA - July 7, 1965
PL B Company, 2nd Bn, 503rd PIR, 173rd Airborne Brigade.
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"What will Jane Fonda think of you now?" A 1978 poster about the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia
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On June 1, 1967, the #VietnamVeteransAgainstTheWar was founded in NYC after six Vietnam vets marched together in a demonstration for an end to the war. The group was organized to give voice to the growing opposition to the #VietnamWar among people in the military. #USHistory
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#OTD 1972: Landing at Vnukovo Airport, President #RichardNixon arrived in Moscow for a summit with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Nixon was the first US president to visit the Soviet Union. #ColdWarHist
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People jostle at Paris courthouse on 16 May 1962 to be admitted to the second day of the trial before of former French commander in both Indochina and Algeria Raoul Salan, who was on trial for his leadership role of the OAS, a result of guilty could put him before a firing squad
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#OTD 1971: Fifty Vietnam veterans marched to the Pentagon to turn themselves in as war criminals based on their actions, failure to report, or not trying to stop war crimes during the #VietnamWar. The veterans were turned away. #VVAW #OperationDeweyCanyonIII
In February 1971, the #VVAW held the Winter Soldier Investigations in Detroit, where for three days, soldiers testified about war crimes during the #VietnamWar. The event was largely ignored by the press. wagingnonviolence.org/2021/0… #USHistory
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My clip from A Shau Valley from March of 2007. I'm a fool that do first and think later and this daytrip was one example of it. To be able to visit Hamburger Hills had to apply for a permit from Hue police, place where we came from so i have pics and clip only from the Valley.
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Reminder of past Indochina battles fought. I was in Quang Tri province #Vietnam on my very first @NBCNews TV assignment - April through July as the battles after the NVA "Easter" offensive continued through the summer - 53 years ago. #HistoryMatters
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#Cambodia v #Thailand : how do their militaries compare? Cambodia has defence budget of $1.3 billion and 124,300 active military personnel.
Thailand has budget of $5.73 billion, 245,000 personnel. reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…