Showing 4 items matching "presidential palace"
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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Model - Diorama - Fall of Saigon
... the ruined gates of the Presidential Palace... of the Presidential Palace Model Diorama - Fall of Saigon J. Loughnan ...A Diorama depicts second tank, NR844 passing through the ruined gates of the Presidential PalaceNR844 (on Tank)fall of saigon, diorama, tank -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Prochnau, William, Once Upon a Distant War: Young War Correspondents and the Early Vietnam Battles, 1995
... Presidential Palace... States War Correspondents - United States Vietnamese Presidential ...The American reporters who came to Vietnam in 1961 expected to write about an exotic little war in a country of tigers and elephants. What they found instead was a debacle in the making, in which American pilots flew missions illegally while their Vietnamese counterparts strafed the Presdential Palace. When they reported what they saw, they were pilloried for it at home. But the ended up making history simply by telling the truth.The American reporters who came to Vietnam in 1961 expected to write about an exotic little war in a country of tigers and elephants. What they found instead was a debacle in the making, in which American pilots flew missions illegally while their Vietnamese counterparts strafed the Presdential Palace. When they reported what they saw, they were pilloried for it at home. But the ended up making history simply by telling the truth. 1961-1975 - united states, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - press coverage - united states, war correspondents - united states, vietnamese, presidential palace -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Ward, Geoffrey C. and Burns, Ken, The Vietnam War: An Intimate History, 2017
... Presidential Palace... Troops Southeast Asia Presidential Palace Saigon What we remember ...What we remember, what we've forgotten - and what we never knew about America's least understood war, revealed in a riveting, richly illustrated volume based on the major ten-part documentary series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.The book is based on the film series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.What we remember, what we've forgotten - and what we never knew about America's least understood war, revealed in a riveting, richly illustrated volume based on the major ten-part documentary series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.vietnam war (1961-1975), president ford, north veitnamese troops, southeast asia, presidential palace, saigon -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Doyle, Edward and Maitland, Terrence, The Vietnam Experience: The Aftermath, 1975-1985 (Copy 1)
... Presidential Palace.... The gates of Saigon's presidential palace had been left ajar ...The date was April 30, 1975. The gates of Saigon's presidential palace had been left ajar, but the first North Vietnamese tank to arrive smashed throug the wrought-iron fence nonethelesss, as it dealing a final crushing blow to an independent South Vietnam.The date was April 30, 1975. The gates of Saigon's presidential palace had been left ajar, but the first North Vietnamese tank to arrive smashed throug the wrought-iron fence nonethelesss, as it dealing a final crushing blow to an independent South Vietnam. vietnam war - 1961-1975, saigon, fall of saigon, presidential palace, north vietnamese, south vietnam
