South Vietnamese
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial that would also recognize South Vietnamese armies that were allied with the U.S. during the war.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2025
The unnamed narrator of “The Sympathizer” is a veteran of two armies: the North Vietnamese whom he served as spy and the South Vietnamese whose uniform he wore as aide-de-camp to a high-ranking general.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
We hear from South Vietnamese people who left the country and learn about the experiences lived by those who chose to stay after the People’s Army of Vietnam took Saigon.
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2025
Their cries were heard by President Gerald Ford, who ordered Operation Babylift, taking 2,000 South Vietnamese children from orphanages to the United States.
From BBC • Aug. 22, 2024
Three years earlier, President Lyndon B. Johnson had sent troops to aid the South Vietnamese government in its fight against the Communist North Vietnamese.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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