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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A protracted military conflict (1954–1975) between South Vietnam, supported by United States forces, and Communist North Vietnam. The war resulted in a North Vietnamese victory and unification of Vietnam under Communist rule.
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- proper noun The
war that occurred inVietnam ,Laos , andCambodia between 1955 and 1975 between South Vietnam (backed by the United States andSEATO ) and North Vietnam aiding the South Vietnamese communistguerilla army known as the Vietcong (supported by thePeople's Republic of China and theSoviet Union ) for the struggle for total Communist control of Vietnam as one state.
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- noun a prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States
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Examples
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When the Vietnam War ended and Saigon fell in April 1975, Americans got their enduring impression of the event from television.
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When the Vietnam War ended and Saigon fell in April 1975, Americans got their enduring impression of the event from television.
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Guns and Butter: As a man who applied for and was granted five (I sense a theme here) deferments from military service in the Vietnam War, who could have guessed Cheney would become the ultimate war monger.
The DC Damsel: The Top Five Reasons I'd Boff Dick Cheney 2010
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When the Vietnam War ended and Saigon fell in April 1975, Americans got their enduring impression of the event from television.
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Although the Vietnam War has for some time been away -- away from the headlines, away from the public dialogue, away from our private thoughts -- the Vietnam War is not gone.
Stewart Nusbaumer: Film Review: The Disappearance of McKinley Nolan 2010
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Evoking protests against the Vietnam War, one banner carried by students at San Francisco State University read, "Shut It Down Like '68."
The Golden State's Me Generation Peter Robinson 2010
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Evoking protests against the Vietnam War, one banner carried by students at San Francisco State University read, "Shut It Down Like '68."
The Golden State's Me Generation Peter Robinson 2010
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Is the war in Afghanistan like the Vietnam War, the conflict it has just surpassed as the longest in U.S. history?
In Britain's exhausting Boer War, a parallel for Afghanistan 2010
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Evoking protests against the Vietnam War, one banner carried by students at San Francisco State University read, "Shut It Down Like '68."
The Golden State's Me Generation Peter Robinson 2010
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Although the Vietnam War has for some time been away -- away from the headlines, away from the public dialogue, away from our private thoughts -- the Vietnam War is not gone.
Stewart Nusbaumer: Film Review: The Disappearance of McKinley Nolan 2010
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