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The New DU. Reply #16: NLF guerillas did NOt take the US Embassy
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Mon Oct-27-03 11:28 AM
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| 16. NLF guerillas did NOt take the US Embassy |
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They stormed the embassy compound, and were prevented from taking the embassy.
You should also make a distinction between "soldiers from North Vietnam" and "Viet Cong" (a derogatory word, in any case, and not suitable for scholarship - it translates roughly to Vietnamese Commie...try NLF).
And why not mention Hue? Perhaps the most shocking aspect of the Tet Offensive was the seizure of Hue City by PAVN and NLF troops. It took a bloody month to dislodge them from the Citadel.
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