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unusual facts about Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone


17th parallel

Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone, between North and South Vietnam (1954–76) at approximately the 17th parallel north


Jim Gilchrist

He was stationed at a site that is one hundred miles North of Da Nang, which was just below the Demilitarized Zone.

Patrol Craft Fast

Two boats, PCF-14 and PCF-76, were lost in rough seas at the mouth of the Cua Viet River near the DMZ, and a third, PCF-77, was lost in a rescue effort during a monsoon at the mouth of the Perfume River on the approach to Huế.


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