Tịnh Biên
Tịnh Biên is an urban municipality (trấn thuộc huyện) and capital town of the Tịnh Biên District of An Giang Province, Vietnam.
Tịnh Biên | |
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Urban municipality and town | |
Tịnh Biên town | |
Tịnh Biên Location in Vietnam | |
Coordinates: 10°35′N 105°0′E | |
Country | |
Province | An Giang Province |
District | Tịnh Biên District |
Time zone | UTC+7 (UTC+7) |
Climate | Aw |
Tịnh Biên was depicted in Robin Moore's fiction book The Green Berets; chapter 1 described a real-life battle during the Vietnam War in which all of the members of a United States Army Special Forces detachment were injured during the fighting.[1]
References
- McDowell, Jeffrey B. (May–June 2002). "The Search for Larry A. Thorne: Missing in Action, Vietnam". Military Review. 82 (3). ISSN 0026-4148. OCLC 2558412. Retrieved 7 May 2014. – via Questia (subscription required)
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