Artifact Detail
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| Soldier Standing on Helipad Outside Village - NhaTrang |
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| Photograph |
| Vietnam War |
| Helipad is seen just outside the fortified base. |
| Probably Authentic |
| Related: Nha Trang |
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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. |