Viet Cong
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In the 1968 Tet Offensive, U.S. forces crushed the Viet Cong, dealing a near-fatal blow to the communist insurgency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
By early 1975, it was becoming clear that the war would end as South Vietnam strongholds fell to the communist forces of the Viet Cong.
From BBC • Aug. 22, 2024
Medina told his dispirited troops that the next morning they’d be storming My Lai, where intelligence officials had located several hundred members of the crack Viet Cong 48th Local Force Battalion.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2024
Mr. Sasser was stationed in the Mekong Delta, a riverine agricultural hub in South Vietnam that the Viet Cong could easily reach by crossing the nearby Cambodian border.
From New York Times • May 31, 2024
A Viet Cong suspect, whose injured leg was bandaged by a US Marines medic, is carried to an interrogation area in a battle zone, 1965.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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