Vietnam : a television history. Le Minh Dao [produced by WGBH Boston Video].
South Vietnamese Major General Le Minh Dai led the ARVN 18th Division at Xuan Loc, the last major battle of the Vietnam War. He describes leading resistance to the French government, and later to the Diem regime in the mid-1950's following the Geneva Agreement. He outlines why he fought against...
| Format: | Video |
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| Language: | Vietnamese |
| Language Notes: | In Vietnamese. |
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Boston :
WGBH Boston,
2011.
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| Series: | American History in Video
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | South Vietnamese Major General Le Minh Dai led the ARVN 18th Division at Xuan Loc, the last major battle of the Vietnam War. He describes leading resistance to the French government, and later to the Diem regime in the mid-1950's following the Geneva Agreement. He outlines why he fought against the Diem regime as revenge for executions, arrests, and land appropriations. He frames the struggle against Diem in both military and political terms, thanking "progressive American people" who came out against the war for boosting the Vietnamese people's morale. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed April 08, 2016). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (18 min.) |
| Playing Time: | 00:17:32 |