Tịnh Biên
| Tịnh Biên | |
|---|---|
| Urban municipality and town | |
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Tịnh Biên town | |
  Tịnh Biên Location in Vietnam | |
| Coordinates: 10°35′N 105°0′E / 10.583°N 105.000°ECoordinates: 10°35′N 105°0′E / 10.583°N 105.000°E | |
| Country |
 Vietnam |
| Province | An Giang Province |
| District | Tịnh Biên District |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (UTC+7) |
Tịnh Biên is an urban municipality (trấn thuộc huyện) and capital town of the Tịnh Biên District of An Giang Province, Vietnam.
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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