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
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
During a tortuous series of negotiations with the Viet Cong in Paris, Kissinger - by now secretary of state - negotiated American military withdrawal from South Vietnam.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2023
They were either farmers who were secretly Viet Cong, or they were members of one of the small mountain tribes fighting alongside the Communists.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
