Vietnam finds mass grave of communist soldiers (& US GI remains repatriated)

[Coventina]

Source: Associated Press

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A mass grave containing the remains of 35 communist commandos killed during the Vietnam War was found in southern Vietnam, a military official said Monday.

Meanwhile, the apparent remains of three American soldiers killed during the conflict were sent back to the United States, U.S. official Ron Ward said.

The Vietnamese soldiers were rounded up and killed by South Vietnamese forces after attacking a U.S. air base in Vinh Long province during the Tet Offensive in 1968, said Col. Vo Hieu Hoa of the provincial military command.

Authorities were tipped off about the grave by a former driver for the U.S.-backed South Vietnam government, Hoa said.



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[IndianaGreen]

1. An estimated 58,000 Americans and 3 million Vietnamese were killed in the war.

An estimated 58,000 Americans and 3 million Vietnamese were killed in the war.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/06/vietnam-mass-grave-of-com_n_183474.html

Speaking of the disproportionality that we often accuse Israel of doing in places such as Gaza, the United States still holds the record.

Interesting the use of the "communist" label to describe these Vietnamese soldiers. They were first and foremost, VIETNAMESE, that fought the US just as they did the French, the Japanese, and the Chinese.

[asteroid2003QQ47]

2. Fifty-Fifty

The Oriental doesn't put the same high price on life as does the Westerner.
--General Westmoreland, Hearts and Minds (1973)