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Aerial View of a Fortified Hamlet in Nha Trang
Photograph
Vietnam War
View from helicopter of village across the village from a base in Nha Trang.
Probably Authentic
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Related Facts
Shortly after midnight on January 30, 1968, Nha Trang, headquarters of the U.S. I Field Force, was the first of five provincial capitals in II Corps to be attacked. This marked the beginning of the Tet Offensive.
The Nha Trang Air Base was first opened by the French Air Force as a training center for the RVNAF in 1951.