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Vietnam Veterans Memorial
(Encyclopedia) Vietnam Veterans Memorial, war memorial in Washington, D.C., built 1982. Designed by the American sculptor and architect Maya Ying Lin, it is a sloping, V-shaped, 493-ft (150-m) wall…Annamese Cordillera
(Encyclopedia) Annamese CordilleraAnnamese Cordilleraänˌnämēzˈ kôrˌdĭlyârˈə [key], Fr. Chaîne Annamitique, principal mountain range of mainland Southeast Asia, extending c.700 mi (1,130 km) from N…Westmoreland, William Childs
(Encyclopedia) Westmoreland, William Childs, 1914–2005, U.S. general, b. Spartanburg co., S.C. He graduated from West Point in 1936 and fought with distinction in North Africa and Europe during World…Hue
(Encyclopedia) HueHuehwā [key], city (1989 pop. 260,489), former capital of the historic region of Annam, Vietnam, in a rich farming area on the Hue River near the South China Sea. Probably founded…Just, Ward
(Encyclopedia) Just, Ward, 1935–2019, American writer, b. Michigan City, Ind. Just worked for several newspapers and magazines before being hired (1965) by the Washington Post, for which he covered…Thieu, Nguyen Van
(Encyclopedia) Thieu, Nguyen VanThieu, Nguyen Vannəwēˈĕn vän tēˈ&oomacr;, ty&oomacr; [key], 1924–2001, president of the former Republic of South Vietnam (1967–75). After World War II, he…Ho Chi Minh City
(Encyclopedia) Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, city, on the right bank of the Saigon River, a tributary of the Dong Nai, Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh…Students for a Democratic Society
(Encyclopedia) Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), in U.S. history, a radical student organization of the 1960s. In the influential Port Huron (Mich.) Statement (1962), the organization, founded…Ellsberg, Daniel
(Encyclopedia) Ellsberg, Daniel, 1931–2023, American political activist, b. Chicago, grad. Columbia Univ. (B.S., 1952, Ph.D., 1959). After serving in…Play Ku
(Encyclopedia) Play Ku, Vietnam: see Pleiku.Trending
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