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On Route 19 between Pleiku and An Khe, near the village of Mang Yang is the remains of a memorial stone erected by the French to commemorate the French and Vietnamese dead in the [[Battle of Mang Yang Pass]]. A French cemetary is located off Route 19 ({{Coord|14|2|40.44|N|108|26|5.59|E|}}) |
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There are numerous war museums, memorials and monuments in Vietnam, this page presents a partial list of museums and monuments relating to the First Indochina War and the Second Indochina War.
Ap Bac
A small museum in the hamlet of Ap Bac (10°26′17.23″N 106°11′45.42″E / 10.4381194°N 106.1959500°E) commemorates the Battle of Ap Bac in January 1963. A monument shows Viet Cong forces shooting down helicopters and destroying armoured vehicles. Items on display include an M101 howitzer, M113 armoured personnel carrier and a UH-1H Huey
Ben Hai river
A peace and unification monument stands on the north side of the Ben Hai River which formed the eastern end of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.
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Unification monument
Bien Hoa
- A monument on Highway 1 adjacent to the main gate for Bien Hoa Air Base commemorates the People's Army of Vietnam seizing of the Air Base on 25 April 1975.
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PAVN victory monument at the Bien Hoa
- The Bien Hoa Museum is located on Highway 1, adjacent to the Bien Hoa Air Base. Items on display include a 57 mm AZP S-60 antiaircraft gun, M1939 37mm antiaircraft gun, M-46 130mm cannon, M113 armoured personnel carrier, MiG-21, T-59 tank and Bell UH-1H.
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MiG-21 at the Bien Hoa Museum
Camp Carroll
Côn Sơn Island
Cu Chi
Dak To
In the middle of town is a war memorial commemorating the capture of Dak To on 24 April 1972 during the Easter Offensive, together with a T-54 tank and a ZSU-57-2 anti-aircraft gun.
Danang
The 5th Military Division museum is located at No 1 Duy Tan Street, opening hours are from 07:30 to 11:00 and from 13:30 to 16:00[1]. Items on display include a 100 mm field gun M1944 (BS-3), A-37 Dragonfly, BLU-82 Daisy Cutter bomb, Cessna O-1 Bird Dog, M8 Greyhound armoured car, M-46 130mm cannon, M48 Patton A3 tank, M101 howitzer, M102 howitzer, M107 Self-Propelled Gun, M113 armoured personnel carrier, M114 155 mm howitzer, M116 howitzer, M-160 160mm mortar, M1939 37mm antiaircraft gun, 2 MiG-21s,P-15 Termit antiship missile, SA-2 Guideline SAM, T-34/85 and a Toyota pickup mounting a recoilless rifle used in Cambodia
Dien Bien Phu
Monuments are located on all major sites of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, including:
- The bunker of General Christian de Castries.
- Military museum with assorted weaponry used by the French colonial forces and the Viet Minh.
- The French hill strongpoints all have Viet Minh monuments.
- French memorial to approximately 10,000 French colonial troops who died in the battle and in captivity
- Two large Viet Minh cemeteries, one in the center of town adjacent to strongpoint Eliane 2 and the other north of the town adjacent to strongpoint Gabrielle
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de Castries' bunker, PC GONO
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Viet Minh AAA artillery at the Dien Bien Phu Museum
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Captured French artillery at the Dien Bien Phu Museum
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French memorial
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Viet Minh memorial
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Viet Minh memorial on Strongpoint Beatrice
Hanoi
- B-52 lake or May Bay B52 is located just south of the West Lake along Hoang Hoa Tham Rd, more a rather large pond it contains wreckage of a B-52 Stratofortress shot down on 19 December 1972 during Operation Linebacker II
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B-52 Lake
Hội An
- A large PAVN cemetery is located on Le Hong Phong just north of Hội An.
- A PAVN cemetary is located on Nguyen Hoang (15°56′1.85″N 108°13′44.01″E / 15.9338472°N 108.2288917°E), north of Hoi An.
Hue
The Hue Museum is located on 23 Thang 8 between Doan Thi Diem Street and Dinh Tien Hoang at the southeast corner of the Citadel. Items on display include an M42 Duster, M48 Patton tank, M88 Recovery Vehicle, M113 armoured personnel carrier, Cadillac-Gage V-100 armoured car and M107 Self-Propelled Gun. Inside the museum are various small arms and the PAVN version of the Battle of Huế, the Massacre at Huế is not mentioned.
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M-48 and M-113 at the Hue Museum
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M-107 and V-100 at the Hue Museum
Khe Sanh
- There is a small museum on the site of the old Khe Sanh Combat Base. Items on display include a Bell UH-1H Huey, Boeing CH-47 Chinook, M41 Walker Bulldog tank and artillery pieces. On display in the museum are various small arms together with photos from the battles around Khe Sanh and also Operation Lam Son 719.
Lang Vei
A PT-76 light amphibious tank sits on a pedestal adjacent to Highway 9 to commemorate the PAVN victory in the Battle of Lang Vei.
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PT-76 memorial at Lang Vei
Long Binh/ Thu Duc
- A large PAVN cemetary is located on Highway 1 between Saigon and Bien Hoa (10°58′37″N 106°49′06″E / 10.97694°N 106.81833°E). It contains the graves of PAVN soldiers killed during the Ho Chi Minh Campaign and during the Cambodian–Vietnamese War.
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Grieving mother statue at PAVN cemetery
- The ARVN National Cemetery (10°53′22″N 106°48′34″E / 10.88944°N 106.80944°E) is located near the PAVN Cemetery, but the cemetery is in disrepair as part of official government policy towards the former South Vietnamese regime and its armed forces[2].
Long Tan/Long Thành
- A cross in a rubber plantation serves as a memorial for the Australian and Vietnamese dead in the Battle of Long Tần. This is one of the few memorials to Free World troops in Vietnam as most monuments in South Vietnam were destroyed following the North Vietnamese victory in 1975.
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The Long Tan Cross
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The cross and view of the battlefield
- A PAVN Cemetary is located on Route 51 (10°43′51.60″N 106°59′9.79″E / 10.7310000°N 106.9860528°E)
Mang Yang
On Route 19 between Pleiku and An Khe, near the village of Mang Yang is the remains of a memorial stone erected by the French to commemorate the French and Vietnamese dead in the Battle of Mang Yang Pass. A French cemetary is located off Route 19 (14°2′40.44″N 108°26′5.59″E / 14.0445667°N 108.4348861°E)
My Tho/Vinh Long
Military museum of My Tho. Items on display include an A-37 Dragonfly, F-5A Freedom Fighter, M41 Walker Bulldog tank, UH-1H Huey.
Phan Tiet
Military museum is located on Hai Thuong Lan Hong. Items on display include M101 howitzer, M107 Self-Propelled Gun, UH-1H Huey
Phu Loi
The Phu Loi Prison for Viet Minh prisoners and later opponents of the Ngo Dinh Diem government is now a museum.(10°59′27.11″N 106°40′54.08″E / 10.9908639°N 106.6816889°E). Little remains of the airfield built by the Japanese in the Second World War and subsequently used by U.S. Army aviation units during the Vietnam War.
Saigon
- Ho Chi Minh Campaign Museum is located at 2 Le Duan Boulevard, District 1 in central Saigon. It commemorates the Ho Chi Minh Campaign that led to the fall of South Vietnam. Items on display include a 57 mm AZP S-60 antiaircraft gun, F-5A Freedom Fighter, M-46 130mm cannon, M113 armoured personnel carrier, SA-2 Guideline SAM, T-54 tank, ZIL-157 truck
- Ho Chi Minh City Museum. Items on display include an A-37 Dragonfly, F-5A Freedom Fighter, M41 Walker Bulldog tank, UH-1H Huey.
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F-5A Freedom Fighter, A-37B Dragonfly and UH-1H Huey at the Ho Chi Minh City Museum
- No 7 Army Museum or the Southeastern Armed Forces Museum is located at 247 Hoang Van Thu Street, Tan Banh District near to Tan Son Nhut Airport. Items on display include a 122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30), M41 Walker Bulldog tank, M48 Patton A3 tank, M107 Self-Propelled Gun, M113 armoured personnel carrier, M114 155 mm howitzer, T-54 tank. The museum contains a number of dioramas of major engagements of the Second Indochina War and a mockup of several rooms in the Cu Chi Tunnels.
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M-48 Tank at the No 7 Army Museum, Saigon
- Reunification Palace
- US Embassy Tet Offensive memorials. A memorial on Le Duan Boulevard commemorates the members of the Vietcong C-10 Sapper Battalion who blew a hole in the wall of the US Embassy and gained access to the Embassy grounds on the morning of 31 January 1968. Inside the grounds of the now US Consulate is a plaque commemorating the US Marine guard and the 4 MPs who were killed defending the Embassy[3], the plaque is a replacement for the original which was left at the Embassy during the Fall of Saigon and was subsequently on display at the War Remnants Museum (Ho Chi Minh City) before disappearing[4].
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Vietcong sapper lies dead in a planter in the grounds of the U.S. Embassy, Saigon on 31 January 1968
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Plaque on planter commemorating the Marine and 4 MPs who died defending the U.S. Embassy, Saigon on 31 January 1968
Tay Ninh
- The Tay Ninh Museum on 30 Thang 4 has various weaponry and wreckage.
- An outdoor museum on Route 792 (11°44′6.39″N 106°4′35.77″E / 11.7351083°N 106.0766028°E) has an
M41 Walker Bulldog tank, Cadillac-Gage V-100 armoured car and M113 armoured personnel carrier.
Truong Son Cemetery
Truong Son Cemetery or Nghia Trang Truong Son is located on Highway 15 near the village of Ben Tat, northwest of Dong Ha (16°57′16.92″N 106°57′13.50″E / 16.9547000°N 106.9537500°E). It contains the graves of PAVN soldiers killed on the DMZ and on the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Vinh Moc
Vung Tau
- A PAVN memorial is located on a traffic island onLe Hong Phong (10°20′56.33″N 107°5′36.23″E / 10.3489806°N 107.0933972°E), in central Vung Tau.
Xuan Loc
- A monument on Highway 1 commemorates the eventual People's Army of Vietnam victory in the Battle of Xuân Lộc.
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PAVN victory monument at Xuan Loc
- A PAVN cemetary (10°55′23.37″N 107°14′18.57″E / 10.9231583°N 107.2384917°E) contains the graves of North Vietnamese troops killed in the Battle of Xuân Lộc.
References
- ^ "5th Military Division Museum".
- ^ "Fighting a Long Gone War". 2005.
- ^ "Dedication Ceremony". 2002-11-14.
- ^ John Rossie (1999–2002). "Plaque Page".
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