“I think the Viet Cong have done many wrong things,” said one delta peasant, “but we dread the cannon shells of the army because they fall anywhere.” ...

As in Malaya, the aim of the strategic villages is to isolate the Viet Cong guerrillas in the countryside and deprive them of food, shelter and rest in peasant homes.

Contrary to some histories, the term “Viet Cong,” like the war itself, was not a byproduct of the American presence in Vietnam.

Villagers saw the Viet Cong carry off two cartloads of their own dead. But in the wreckage of the hamlets there were at least two hundred charred peasant bodies.

In October, 1963, the Baltimore Sun reported an official U.S. estimate of the sources of Viet Cong arms, which indicated that only one out of fifty weapons came from the Communist bloc.

It is commonly believed that the Vietnam War was waged only by the United States armed forces against the Communists of the North, but the reality was much different. As part of the Free World ...

The Navy's First Vietnamese Admiral Saw His Family Killed by an Infamous Viet Cong Guerrilla Rear Adm. Huan Nguyen during his 2019 promotion ceremony. (U.S. Navy) ...

History From the archives, 1966: Pilots face Viet Cong in a bubble By Gary M. Cooper Stars and Stripes • September 12, 2023 ...

“Vietnam is more than just a war”: How Kieu Chinh helped evolve the Hollywood war machine propaganda From "Hamburger Hill" to "The Sympathizer," the veteran actor discusses how her career ...