Lewis Sorley, 90, Who Said the U.S. Won (but Then Lost) in Vietnam, Dies
His Pulitzer Prize-nominated history of the war was warmly received by the Pentagon but rejected elsewhere for ignoring what many said made the war “unwinnable.” ...
Vietnam Leader's Bodyguard Thrown Out Of Chile After Sexual Assault Allegation
A Chilean court has ordered that a member of Vietnamese President Luong Cuong's security detail leave the country after being accused of sexual assault during the leader's visit to the South American ...
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LULAC #14 unveils South Vietnam War Fallen Heroes Monument during emotional ceremony
The South Vietnam War Fallen Heroes Monument was unveiled at the Calvary Catholic Cemetery on Veterans Day weekend to honor ...
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Vietnam’s National Assembly Chooses Army General as President
In an acceptance speech, the general said that he was “moved ... Cuong recalled how he joined the army in 1975, the year that South Vietnam fell to the communists. He wanted to “unify the ...
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Vietnamese American veterans honored in Georgia
In 1966, Thai Ty joined the South Vietnamese military at age 20 and served in an infantry division against the communist North for about five years of the ...
AOL24d
Vietnam country profile
The role of the general secretary is the most powerful ... is split into North and South at the Geneva conference. 1956 - South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem begins campaign against political ...