NOUN
- a former country in southeastern Asia that existed from 1954 (after the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu) until 1975 when South Vietnam collapsed at the end of the Vietnam War
How To Use North Vietnam In A Sentence
- As a result, they could not adapt to the fast maneuvering by North Vietnamese fighters during dogfights.
- Edwin Bryon Tucker was flying a flak suppression mission over North Vietnam on 24 April, 1967, when he was shot down. Tucker, Edwin B.
- In brief terms the action involved a rifle company action in which the infantry were detailed off to intercept a North Vietnamese Army (NVA) battalion that was approaching a firebase from the North which then got into difficulties because of the sudden appearance of a second NVA unit in its rear. Of New Kit, New Tricks and Cavalry
- For God's sake, he was bayonetted in the shoulder, groin, suffered two broken arms while serving our country ... and went on to endure the the punishment of the North Vietnamese. Sources: Clinton, Obama supporters discussing exit strategies
- Instead, the primary US focus remained on killing guerrillas and North Vietnamese regulars.
- Eventually, the LULUs were released through an elaborate ceremony on March 28, 1973 where an Asian participant identified as a Laotian handed the LULUs over to the North Vietnamese, who in turn released the LULUs to the US officials. Long, Stephen G.
- It was necessary to build a conventional ARVN in order to meet that threat, as well as to act against guerrilla forces which were increasing in strength and armament, provided by North Vietnam.
- In Hué, the ancient capital, five thousand infiltrators shed peasant mufti to reveal North Vietnamese uniforms.
- On February 1, 1966 the four-man life raft from the aircraft was found off the coast of North Vietnam approximately 152 miles from the last known position of the aircraft. Sennett, Robert R.
- Once there, he would be awarded the Navy Commendation Medal and the Bronze Star for missions flown over North Vietnam.