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| • | The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN, or North Vietnam), allied with the National Liberation Front (NLF, or "Viet Cong") against the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam), and its alliesࢀ&#-2834;otably the United States military in support of the South, with US combat troops involved from shortly after The Korean War until the official withdrawal in 1975.
After France's attempted recolonization of Indochina was defeated in 1954 by the Viet Minh at the battle of Dien Bien Phu, an agreement to temporarily partition the country in two with a de-militarized zone (DMZ) was reached at the Geneva Conference (1954). The "Vietnam War" ostensibly began as a civil war between feuding governments. Being Western-oriented and far less popular than Ho, the South Vietnam government fought largely to maintain its governing status within the partitioned entity, rather than to "unify the country" as was the goal of the North. Fighting began in 1957 and with U.S. and Soviet-Chinese involvement would steadily escalate and spill over into the neighboring Indochinese countries of Cambodia and Laos.
The Geneva partition was not a natural division of Vietnam and was not intended to create two separate countries. But the South government, with the support of the United States, blocked the Geneva scheduled elections for reunification. In the context of the Cold War, and with the recent Korean War as a precedent, the U.S. had feared that a reunified Vietnam would elect a Communist government under the popular Ho Chi Minh.South Vietnam and its Western allies portrayed the conflict as based in a principled opposure to communism —to deter the [wikipedia: vietnam war]
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veterans:military
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American Veterans Traveling Tribute |
| | dedicated to the ones that lost their lives in the vietnam war, and to the missing in action and prisoners of war that were left behind. schedule, contact information, sponsorship information and links.
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Combat Medical Badge |
| | history of the combat medical badge and requirements to receive the award, and the experiences of a 1st air cav combat medic.
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Homecoming: A Vietnam Vets Journey |
| | over three hundred vietnam vets and their supporters ride motorcycles from california to the wall in washington d.c. a journey across america and through their own lives.
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Medal of Honor |
| | the complete text of each of the 240 citations issued for the medal of honor during the vietnam war.
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Raven FAC |
| | the raven facs, the men who flew in the secret war in laos. forward air controllers in laos. offers picture galleries, stories and the raven store.
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Sons of Phillipsburg New Jersey |
| | honor 13 vietnam war heroes.
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The Long Way Home Documentary Film |
| | to "welcome home" those men and women who represented our country under difficult conditions. the producers set out on a nation-wide filming expedition, interviewing vietnam veterans all along the way.
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The Virtual Wall |
| | personalized tributes to vietnam war casualties with photos, poems, and letters.
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Veterans of the Phu Lam Signal Base Vietnam |
| | history of the phu lam signal base, photos, roster, stories, key events, our pow/mias.
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Viet Nam Memories |
| | a gathering place for viet nam veterans of all the services, and for those interested in the viet nam experience. guest book, unit reunion postings, stories, poems, sounds, and memorabilia.
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Vietnam Veterans Forum |
| | welcome to all veterans, click on your branch insignia to go to the correct forum.
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Vietnam Veterans Home Page |
| | offers links to community resources and support services, testimonies and writings, recommended books, historical information, maps, and people finding tools.
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Vung Tau Mike Papa |
| | pictures and photos taken by 720th military police around 1970 where the vc took r&r.
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conflicts_and_wars:memorial_web_sites
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Army Medics and Navy Corpsmen Listed on the Vietnam Memorial Wall |
| | names and information on u.s. army medics and u.s. navy corpsmen who died in vietnam and were listed on the vietnam memorial wall.
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Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall Experience |
| | traveling three-quarter-scale model of the vietnam veterans memorial. includes images, history of the model, schedule and contacts.
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Michigan Vietnam State Memorial |
| | vietnam war memorial honoring by name, those killed or missing in action from the state of michigan.
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Remembrance |
| | reflections, memories, images and tributes to vietnam veterans.
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Simply Southeast Asia |
| | devoted to american, canadian and australian veterans who served in the southeast asian theatre.
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The Virtual Wall |
| | digital, interactive legacy memorializing the men and women who gave their lives in vietnam.
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall |
| | contains articles and photos of the wall and a search-able database of the names listed on it.
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