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I'm looking for the best picture or any informations about the KAF's U-6 (Beaver). It seem that the KAF had 3 aircrafts. But in 1971, during the viet cong's sapper attack at the Pochentong Air Base,at least 1 Beaver was destroyed.In 1972 at leat 1 Beaver was refurbished with a new engine. http://www.khmerairforce.com/AAK-KAF/AVNK-AAK-KAF/Cambodia-Beaver-KAF.JPG

Thankfull for this info. [Unsigned]

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Section sizes

Section size for Vietnam War (69 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	40,877	40,877
Names	3,400	3,400
Background	865	10,670
Japanese occupation of Indochina	3,635	3,635
First Indochina War	3,654	6,170
Battle of Dien Bien Phu	2,516	2,516
Transition period	14,826	14,826
Diệm era, 1954–1963	81	8,800
Rule	2,405	2,405
Insurgency in the South, 1954–1960	3,939	6,314
North Vietnamese involvement	2,375	2,375
Kennedy's escalation, 1961–1963	6,632	15,789
Ousting and assassination of Ngô Đình Diệm	9,157	9,157
Gulf of Tonkin and Johnson's escalation, 1963–1969	3,540	36,165
Gulf of Tonkin incident	4,106	4,106
Bombing of Laos	1,812	1,812
The 1964 offensive	2,779	2,779
American ground war	10,959	10,959
Tet Offensive	12,969	12,969
Vietnamization, 1969–1972	33	23,007
Nuclear threats and diplomacy	2,453	2,453
Hanoi's war strategy	1,806	1,806
U.S. domestic controversies	1,948	1,948
Collapsing U.S. morale	5,689	5,689
ARVN taking the lead and U.S. ground force withdrawal	3,154	3,154
Cambodia	3,779	3,779
Laos	1,289	1,289
Easter Offensive and Paris Peace Accords, 1972	2,856	2,856
U.S. exit and final campaigns, 1973–1975	6,085	15,001
Campaign 275	2,028	2,028
Final North Vietnamese offensive	2,839	2,839
Fall of Saigon	4,049	4,049
Opposition to U.S. involvement	3,926	3,926
Involvement of other countries	92	6,205
Pro-Hanoi	16	5,726
People's Republic of China	1,994	1,994
Soviet Union	3,716	3,716
Pro-Saigon	387	387
United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races	1,607	1,607
War crimes	722	13,983
South Vietnamese, Korean and American	9,596	9,596
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong	3,665	3,665
Women	6,025	6,025
Black servicemen	2,164	2,164
Weapons	1,214	1,214
Extent of U.S. bombings	2,061	2,061
Casualties	8,497	8,497
Aftermath	14	47,591
In Southeast Asia	25	15,550
In Vietnam	8,432	8,432
Laos and Cambodia	3,257	3,257
Unexploded ordnance	2,054	2,054
Refugee crisis	1,782	1,782
In the United States	5,390	13,902
Financial cost	2,225	2,225
Impact on the U.S. military	6,287	6,287
Effects of U.S. chemical defoliation	10,207	10,207
In popular culture	2,902	4,952
Myths	2,050	2,050
Commemoration	2,966	2,966
See also	129	129
Annotations	39	39
References	437	27,367
Citations	31	31
Works cited	4,261	4,261
Main sources	4,454	4,454
Additional sources	16,904	16,904
Historiography	1,280	1,280
External links	5,491	5,491
Total	294,834	294,834

Semi-protected edit request on 7 July 2024

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Kumar Republic is missing a visitation for casualties. {{}} 64.189.18.48 (talk) 06:28, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 06:33, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

British army involvement

Block evasion by User:HarveyCarter.

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The UK should be listed as a combatant, as the Heath government sent British troops to Vietnam in 1971-72. 86.131.66.247 (talk) 04:25, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Source (please read wp:rs)? Slatersteven (talk) 09:56, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Queens Highlanders spent twelve months in Vietnam in 1971-72. (2A00:23C5:C416:A601:1DCC:635A:5352:D795 (talk) 19:22, 30 July 2024 (UTC))[reply]

There is no WP:RS supporting that. Mztourist (talk) 02:51, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Source (please read wp:rs)? Slatersteven (talk) 10:06, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Sources required for casualties for khmer and laotian republics remove or add them. 64.189.18.53 (talk) 10:30, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Khemer is listed as Unknown, so there is no need to remove it Loas is soruced. Slatersteven (talk) 10:40, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

FAQ

Do we need a FAQ with

Q was there any British involvement in Vietnam

A No, and any such question will be deleted unless backed with a source?

Yes or no? Slatersteven (talk) 15:17, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As thuis block evasion while not often it is wasting a lot less time than just deleting these silly season questions. Slatersteven (talk) 15:18, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did a quick search of archives and in the first 20 hits for British I picked out one that related to British involvement? Also, I don't recall seeing it before as an issue. So, probably not. Cinderella157 (talk) 23:02, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 7 August 2024

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Remove unsubstantiated claims in casualties or cite sources.

{{}} 64.189.18.53 (talk) 06:17, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

what unsubstantiated claims? Mztourist (talk) 07:02, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Same IP with the Khemer/Kumar requests above. Intothat darkness 11:51, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. PianoDan (talk) 16:50, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mayaguez Incident true end of the Vietnam war May 15,1975.

The men killed and wounded during the Mayaguez incident are listed as Vietnam war causality's according to military government records. The deaths of these men are listed on the Vietnam memorial. Remove the phony date you have of April 30,1975 as the end of the Vietnam war as it is incorrect in every way. That is just the day they turned the cameras off in Sagon. 2600:1015:A004:F190:7920:2CE8:4767:E02A (talk) 15:06, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See talk page archive as to why we have the date we have, its based on what wprs say. Slatersteven (talk) 15:13, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Repeat of this. (Hohum ^@) 15:59, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We rely on the consensus of reliable sources. Cinderella157 (talk) 23:58, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you think the war ended on April 30, 1975 you rely on pure stupidity. 2600:1015:A004:F190:1FEB:5B45:A6C3:7B78 (talk) 05:09, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest you contact the RS we used and get them to change it. Slatersteven (talk) 09:44, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest you contact the families whose sons died in the Mayaguez Incident and tell them the wiki decided April 30, 1975 is the end of the Vietnam war. While the US government says they are Vietnam veterans killed in action during the Vietnam war. so obviously according to wiki their names should be removed from the Vietnam memorial and all the Vietnam awards they received should be returned. 2600:1015:A004:F190:F07C:8D8D:B48A:66C8 (talk) 16:36, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

K6ka https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/block&page=User%3A2600%3A1015%3AA026%3A2AD9%3A16AA%3A2EA4%3AF206%3A6A7E Cinderella157 (talk) 09:41, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]