Viet Cong
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The Viet Cong was an epithet and umbrella term to refer to the communist-led armed movement and united front organization in South Vietnam. It was formally organized as and led by the National Liberat
A photo from the U.S. Information Agency allegedly showing a 23-year-old Le Van Than, who had defected from the Communist forces and joined the South Vietnam Government side and was later recaptured by the Viet Cong and spent a month in a Viet Cong internment camp.
Brinks Hotel, Saigon, following a Viet Cong bombing on December 24, 1964. Two American officers were killed.
Civilians killed in a Viet Cong land mine explosion
A Viet Cong prisoner captured in 1967 by the U.S. Army awaits interrogation.
Tet Offensive
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The Tet Offensive was both a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. The North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam and the Viet Cong launched a surprise attack o
General William C. Westmoreland, COMUSMACV
VC prior to departing for Saigon-Gia Định
VC special forces are sworn into the forces before the Tet Offensive.
VC troops pose with new AK-47 assault rifles and American field radios.