Tuesday 17 January 2012

Mass grave found in Vietnam

This land contains 30 corpses of North Vietnamese communist forces, who probably died during Tet war in 1968 Aggression.Simultaneous attacks on military bases in South Vietnam and the U.S. was a turning point in the Vietnam War.

This mass grave is located in Quang Tri province, central Vietnam. According to military commanders in Quang Tri, Tran Trong Trung, a mass grave was discovered accidentally by a resident when digging the soil to plant rubber trees.

In fact, according to Trung, Vietnam’s military before seeking the location of the grave for three years but to no avail. Their search was based on information provided by veterans of the Vietnam War from Americans who say there are about 158 soldiers who were buried in that place.
Currently the excavation is being conducted to search for more corpses in that location. None of the corpses are beyond recognition, identification is only done based on what they wear, such as watches, belts, or a raincoat. The soldiers were victims of attacks at Tet Aggression on January 30, 1968 to 1969. At that time, North Vietnamese troops by Vietcong guerrillas attacked a military headquarters in South Vietnam supported by the United States and its allies.

Aggression is called Tet because this attack begins coincides with Tet Nguyen Dan (Lunar New Year). Quang Tri Province is the front-line attack. Aggression Tet was the turning point of the Vietnam War. The attack was made the North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces gained the victory psychological and propaganda, causing massive loss of U.S. popular support for the Vietnam War and eventually U.S. troops were withdrawn.

The Vietnam War ended in 1975. Approximately 58 000 Americans and three million Vietnamese were killed in this war.

http://newstodaynews.com/mass-grave-found-in-vietnam/1273

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