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Phạm Văn Phú
Major General Phạm Văn Phú (16 October 1928 – 30 April 1975) was an officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Military service Vietnamese National Army Phú began his military career as an interpreter for the French Far East Expeditionary Corps, French Army. He was then selected to attend the Vietnamese National Military Academy, Dalat Military Academy, graduating in July 1953. He was appointed as a company commander in the 5th Vietnamese Parachute Battalion of the Vietnamese National Army. During the battle of Dien Bien Phu he was captured with the remainder of the French garrison when it was overrun by the Viet Minh on 7 May 1954. He was held prisoner for 16 months and contracted tuberculosis. Army of the Republic of Vietnam Upon his release he continued to serve with the new Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), becoming one of the first ARVN Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces, Special Forces commanders. After serving in the Mekong Delta and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp Eagle (Vietnam)
Camp Eagle (also known as LZ El Paso and LZ Tombstone) is a former US Army base south-east of Huế in central Vietnam. History 1968 The base was originally established by the 1st Cavalry Division (United States), 1st Cavalry Division in January 1968, 7 km southeast of Huế and 9 km west of Phu Bai Combat Base. From February–August 1968, the 82nd Airborne Division#Dominican Republic and Vietnam deployments, 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division comprising *505th Infantry Regiment (United States), 1st Battalion, 505th Infantry *505th Infantry Regiment (United States), 2nd Battalion, 505th Infantry *508th Infantry Regiment (United States), 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry was based here to support post-Tet Offensive operations. The 101st Airborne Division, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division was based here from May–June 1968. 1969-72 The base was named "Camp Eagle" when the 101st Airborne Division moved their headquarters here in March 1969. The 1st Brigade, 101st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vietnamese National Military Academy
The National Military Academy or Dalat Military Academy was the main military school of the State of Vietnam and South Vietnam, Republic of Vietnam. History French Indochina and State of Vietnam The Dalat School of the Eurasian Servicemen's Children (''Ecole des Enfants de Troupe Eurasiens de Dalat, EETED'') was established in 1936, modelled on a similar school in Autun, France. The school was dissolved during the French Indochina in World War II, Japanese occupation in 1944. The school was reestablished as the Dalat School for Children of Soldiers (''Ecole des Enfants de Troupe de Dalat'') in 1950. The Vietnamese National Military Academy was founded in December 1948 in Huế. Under French operation, the academy was simply a nine-month officer training school designed to produce infantry platoon leaders. In 1950 it moved to Dalat because of better local weather and remained under French operation until after the signing of the 1954 Geneva Conference, Geneva Accords in 1954, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Spring Offensive
The 1975 spring offensive (), officially known as the general offensive and uprising of spring 1975 (), was the final North Vietnamese campaign in the Vietnam War that led to the capitulation of the Republic of Vietnam. After the initial success Battle of Phước Long, capturing Phước Long Province, the North Vietnamese leadership increased the scope of the People's Army of Vietnam's (PAVN) offensive and captured and held the key Central Highlands (Vietnam), Central Highlands city of Buôn Ma Thuột between 10 and 18 March. These operations were intended to be preparatory to launching a general offensive in 1976. Following the attack on Buôn Ma Thuôt, the Republic of Vietnam realized they were no longer able to defend the entire country and ordered a strategic withdrawal from the Central Highlands. The retreat from the Central Highlands, however, was a debacle as civilian refugees fled under fire with soldiers, mostly along a single highway reaching from the highlands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pleiku
Pleiku is a city in central Vietnam, located in the Central Highlands region. It is the capital of the Gia Lai Province. Many years ago, it was inhabited primarily by the Bahnar and Jarai ethnic groups, sometimes known as the Montagnards or Degar, although now it is inhabited primarily by the Kinh ethnic group. The city is the centre of the urban district of Pleiku which covers an area of 260.77 km² (100 mi²). As of 2024, the city has a population of around 331.178 people. Name The name Pleiku first appeared in the Governor-General of French Indochina records in 1905, in the decree that established the province of Gia Lai. The Decree of the Governor-General of Indochina dated July 4, 1905, established an autonomous province in the western mountainous region of Binh Dinh province, naming it Plei-Kou-Derr. This marked the first official use of the name ''Plei-Kou'' in writing. The word ''Plơi'' means "village" in Jarai, while ''Kơdưr'' can mean either "nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quang Trung National Training Center
Quang Trung National Training Center was a basic training school of the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). It was located in the Hóc Môn district northwest of the capital Saigon. History The center was originally established in 1953 and located on Highway 1 approximately 16km northwest of Saigon. In the mid-1950s, the Quang Trung Training Center was the principal ARVN training establishment providing eight weeks of basic training to all recruits and reservists and advanced courses to infantry soldiers. It had an annual capacity of approximately 24,000 (or about 8,000 at any one time). In 1956 the commanding general was described by the US Army attache as a "pompous, fat, stupid man ... who will do anything to increase his personal fortune." He was reportedly financing a brothel run by his mistress. In 1959 US advisors assessed that the hours devoted to various subjects were not sufficient for the draftee to properly absorb the instruction, this was partic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easter Offensive
The Easter Offensive, also known as the 1972 spring–summer offensive (') by North Vietnam, or the Red Fiery Summer (') as romanticized in South Vietnamese literature, was a military campaign conducted by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN, the regular army of communist North Vietnam) against the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces, Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN, the regular army of South Vietnam) and the United States Armed Forces, United States military between 30 March and 22 October 1972, during the Vietnam War. This conventional invasion (the largest invasion since 300,000 Chinese troops had crossed the Yalu River into North Korea during the Korean War) was a radical departure from previous North Vietnamese offensives. The offensive was designed to achieve a decisive victory, which even if it did not lead to the collapse of South Vietnam, would greatly improve the North's negotiating position at the Paris Peace Accords. The U.S. high command had been expecting an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vũ Văn Giai
Brigadier general Vũ Văn Giai (12 May 193413 October 2012) was a general in the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). Military career He served as deputy commander of the 1st Division. From 16 April to October 1971 he commanded division elements in Operation Lam Son 720 against PAVN bases in the A Sầu Valley. In June 1971 he was responsible for the division’s actions around Firebase Fuller. He was appointed as the original commander of the 3rd Division on its formation in November 1971. In an interview with ''The New York Times'' in early February 1972 he and 1st Division commander General Phạm Văn Phú expressed doubts about the widely anticipated PAVN offensive in the northern provinces in mid-February, stating that no major action would take place until March at the earliest due to the need for the PAVN to build up their logistics. Following the defeat of the 3rd Division in the First Battle of Quảng Trị in April 1972 he was made a scapeg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Division (South Vietnam)
The 3rd Division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)—the army of the nation state of South Vietnam that existed from 1955 to 1975—was part of the I Corps that oversaw the northernmost region of South Vietnam, the centre of Vietnam. The Division was initially raised in November 1971 in Quảng Trị and composed of 2nd Infantry Regiment (from the 1st Division), 56th Infantry Regiment and 57th Infantry Regiment, the first commander was Brigadier General Vũ Văn Giai the former deputy commander of the 1st Division. The overburdened division collapsed in 1972 during the Easter Offensive, was reconstituted and finally destroyed at Da Nang in 1975 during the Hue-Da Nang Campaign. History At the end of 1969 Maj. Gen. Melvin Zais, commanding US XXIV Corps in I Corps, proposed breaking up the 1st Division (with four regiments and about nineteen combat battalions) into two divisions controlled by a "light corps" headquarters responsible for the defense of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mekong Delta
The Mekong Delta ( or simply ), also known as the Western Region () or South-western region (), is the list of regions of Vietnam, region in southwestern Vietnam where the Mekong, Mekong River River delta, approaches and empties into the sea through a network of distributary, distributaries. The Mekong delta region encompasses a large portion of south-western Vietnam, of an area of over . The size of the area covered by water depends on the season. Its wet coastal geography makes it an important source of agriculture and aquaculture for the country. The delta has been occupied as early as the 4th century BC. As a product of Khmer people, Khmer, Vietnamese people, Vietnamese, Chinese, and French colonial empire, French settlement in the region, the delta and its waterways have numerous names, including the Khmer language, Khmer term Bassac River, Bassac to refer to the lower basin and the largest river branch flowing through it. After the 1954 Geneva Conference, Vietnam was split ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army Of The Republic Of Vietnam Special Forces
The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces ( — LLDB) were the elite military units of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). Following the establishment of the Republic of Vietnam (commonly known as South Vietnam) in October 1955, the Special Forces were formed at Nha Trang in February 1956. During the rule of Ngô Đình Diệm, the Special Forces were run by his brother, Ngô Đình Nhu, until both were assassinated in November 1963 in a coup. The Special Forces were disbanded in 1975 when South Vietnam ceased to exist after the Fall of Saigon. Early years The Special Forces came into being at Nha Trang in February 1956 under the designation of the First Observation Battalion/Group (FOG). By 1960, most Special Forces units were involved in the FOG program. At Long Thành, they were trained in intelligence gathering, sabotage and psychological operations (PSYOP). The main duties of the Special Forces entailed the recruitment and training of one-to-four man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is a contagious disease usually caused by ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections show no symptoms, in which case it is known as inactive or latent tuberculosis. A small proportion of latent infections progress to active disease that, if left untreated, can be fatal. Typical symptoms of active TB are chronic cough with hemoptysis, blood-containing sputum, mucus, fever, night sweats, and weight loss. Infection of other organs can cause a wide range of symptoms. Tuberculosis is Human-to-human transmission, spread from one person to the next Airborne disease, through the air when people who have active TB in their lungs cough, spit, speak, or sneeze. People with latent TB do not spread the disease. A latent infection is more likely to become active in those with weakened I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
