South Vietnam
a former country in SE Asia that comprised Vietnam S of about 17° N latitude; a separate state 1954–75; now part of reunified Vietnam. Capital: Saigon.
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She illustrates how her family escaped the fall of South Vietnam in the 1970s and the challenges they faced living in America.
A Reading List to Celebrate Asian Authors, From Members of TIME's Asian Community | Karena Phan | March 24, 2021 | TimeThe United States used Agent Orange against the North Vietnamese (and in South Vietnam).
Leslie H. Gelb: Obama Is Right on Chemical Warfare in Syria | Leslie H. Gelb | April 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn March 1969, American helicopters flying over a western part of South Vietnam spotted a group of Vietnamese cutting wood.
The Atrocity Lessons: What the U.S. Military Learned From Vietnam | Jake Whitney | February 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe retired in 1973 when he felt the U.S. was abandoning South Vietnam.
Combat Medic PFC Walter Raymond Pratt died February 8, 1968, Quang Nam, South Vietnam.
Marine Corporal Howard E. Morse died October 25, 1967, in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.
Policy statements have also consistently voiced support for the communist effort in South Vietnam.
Area Handbook for Romania | Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. WalpoleThere were some in South Vietnam who wished to force Communist rule on their own people.
We will act as we must to help protect the independence of the valiant people of South Vietnam.
I regret more than any of you know that it has not been possible to restore peace to South Vietnam.
British Dictionary definitions for South Vietnam
a former republic (1955–76) occupying the S of present-day Vietnam on the South China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand
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