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  2. Delayed but not denied: Medals of Honor awarded decades ... - AOL

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    Private 1 st Class Kenneth David was serving as a radio telephone operator in central Vietnam enemy troops launched an intense surprise attack on his outpost on May 7, 1970, according to an Army ...

  3. 1969 EC-121 shootdown incident - Wikipedia

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    Very soon after arrival over the Sea of Japan, at 10:35, North Korea reacted to the presence of the EC-121, but not in a way that would jeopardize the mission. [5] At 12:34 local time, roughly six hours into the mission, the Army Security Agency and radars in Korea detected the takeoff of two North Korean Air Force MiG-21s from East Tongchong-ni [6] near Wonsan and tracked them, assuming that ...

  4. Korean conflict - Wikipedia

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    The Korean conflict is an ongoing conflict based on the division of Korea between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) and South Korea (Republic of Korea), both of which claim to be the sole legitimate government of all of Korea. During the Cold War, North Korea was backed by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist allies ...

  5. South Korea in the Vietnam War - Wikipedia

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    South Korea, which was at the time an authoritarian regime under its right-wing military dictator Park Chung Hee, took a major active role in the Vietnam War.The Korean War just a decade prior was still fresh on the minds of the South Korean people, and the threat from North Korea was still very real.

  6. South Korea, Vietnam to boost work on North Korea ... - AOL

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    HANOI/SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea and Vietnam agreed on Friday to boost security cooperation, citing North Korea's nuclear threat, and committed to increasing bilateral trade and investment ...

  7. 'Vietnam: The War That Changed America' examines the human ...

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    In “ Vietnam: The War That Changed America,” a six-part docuseries debuting Friday on Apple TV+, Broyles recounts how he was so scared in his first firefight that he lost his voice and had to ...

  8. Cold War in Asia - Wikipedia

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    The Cold War in Asia was a major dimension of the worldwide Cold War that shaped diplomacy and warfare from the mid-1940s to 1991. The main countries involved were the United States, the Soviet Union, China, North Korea, South Korea, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Thailand, Laos, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Taiwan (Republic of China).

  9. Timeline of the Cold War - Wikipedia

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    April 30: North Vietnam wins the Vietnam War. The South Vietnam regime falls with the surrender of Saigon and the two countries are united under a Communist government. May 12: Mayagüez incident: the Khmer Rouge seize an American naval ship, prompting American intervention to recapture the ship and its crew. In the end, the crew is released ...