Initial checks identified the device as an MK-82 general-purpose bomb, measuring 30 centimetres in diameter, 140 centimetres ...

In the 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War, millions of unexploded bombs still litter Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. As a result, tens of thousands of civilians have died from them. From WHYY's The ...

North Vietnamese negotiators walked out of peace talks in Paris on Dec. 13, 1972. They had just rejected American proposals and refused to set a date to resume discussions. Five days later, American B ...

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 13 called for the successful completion of the goal of basically clearing all UXO-contaminated land nationwide to a depth of 0.5 meters by 2045, coinciding ...

Somewhere off the coast of Vietnam, April, 1966: A member of the USS Kitty Hawk’s ordnance crew moves bombs to planeside off the coast of Vietnam in April, 1966. Looking for Stars and Stripes’ ...

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