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I'm looking for the best picture or any informations about the KAF's U-6 (Beaver). It seem that the KAF had 3 aircrafts.
But in 1971, during the viet cong's sapper attack at the Pochentong Air Base,at least 1 Beaver was destroyed.In 1972
at leat 1 Beaver was refurbished with a new engine.
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Mong Palatino (3 June 2017). "Fake news photos justifying return of martial law to Philippines". Business Standard. Retrieved 4 June 2017. Screenshot of an article posted in a Philippine government news website. The photo of the article is taken from a Wikipedia entry discussing the Vietnam War.
Did Spain really participate in the war directly when it only sent a very small number of advisers and medical staff? If it is true that Spain participated in the war, it should have been listed in the Belligerents section. Furthermore, according to infobox, Taiwan participated in the war, but why don't I see the data on the country's manpower participating in the war? 1.54.212.31 (talk) 18:58, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Spain absolutely did deploy military assets, albeit on a small scale. The infobox was inconsistent with showing their strength, but not listed as a party to the conflict. Fixed.--Surv1v4l1st╠Talk║Contribs╣03:06, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
According to the Chieu Hoi program, 101,511 defections occurred. This is a significant figure itself to warrant inclusion, and also due to the sectarian and political nature of the war. The number may be higher as well as the program only ran from 1963-1971, and did not cover the post US-involvement period.
This may make up a portion of the the official military missing if they were not known to have defected by the North/NLF, under the 'military missing' label.
Either way, I recommend modifying the Casualties section to include defections, included with the 232,000 military missing as '232,000 military missing'(with up to 100,000 defections), or as a seperate figure over '100,000' defections (including officially missing)'.
Second, the final tally should then be changed to reflect this as dead/missing/defected.
"Viet Cong" is a derogatory term used by US and South Vietnam forces. The correct name for the fighting force is "Viet Minh." This should be changed to the correct name. Kolodzodo (talk) 00:26, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The Viet Minh dissolved in 1955; you have no idea what you're talking about. The official name for the organisation in the south was Mặt trận Dân tộc Giải phóng miền Nam Việt Nam. Yue🌙00:59, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure how its offensive. Googling it turned up [1], which suggests that the term was being used in the Vietnamese press years before the war and has a complex history. The official name of "National Liberation Front of South Vietnam" is a mouthful, and isn't something that most folks would recognize. CaptainEekEdits Ho Cap'n!⚓03:02, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
"Viet Cong" means Vietnamese Communist. The label was basically accurate; the Viet Cong were in fact a Communist organization. They pretended to be a coalition including some Communists, but not controlled either by the Communists within the group or by the overall Communist leadership in Hanoi. That was pretense. The label "National Liberation Front" was the one that I regard as deceptive.
The US and the Republic of Vietnam thought of Communism as evil; they intended "Viet Cong" as a derogatory label. But the Viet Cong thought Communism was good, so from their viewpoint the label would not have been derogatory, just politically inconvenient. Ed Moise (talk) 05:24, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
They do not give an accurate depiction in the infobox. If official total military casualties for the North Viet side exceeded 1 million, then by all logic their total military strength would have to be larger than 800,000. The strengths seem to give a "snapshot" of the North Viet side at one point in the war vs the total involved across the entire war for the South Viet side. DaltonCastle (talk) 22:12, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
In the combatants box, modern Spain is listed instead of Francoist Spain, which was the government active at the time. I request that this may be changed for accuracy. 130.156.142.240 (talk) 14:48, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 22 February 2025
Should we delete the background section as it is making the article too long,and has a weak connection the the main topic of the “Vietnam War”? Jguywiki (talk) 04:24, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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