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
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
Seymour Hersh reviewed South Vietnamese government documents that put the death toll at 41,000.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2024
The battle was over, but Nguyen was afraid there might be NVA soldiers left behind, ready to take aim at anyone that moved, or that a nervous South Vietnamese soldier might shoot them.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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