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Christina Schwenkel – The American War in Contemporary Vietnam: Transnational ... – p. 218 2009 "3. This contrasts with official military commemoration in the former Republic of Vietnam (see Figure 3.5). In the spatial configuration of the (now empty) graves at the RVN military cemetery I visited at
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Vietnam, Now: A Reporter Returns – p. 99 David Lamb – 2003 "This cemetery, the South Vietnam equivalent of Arlington National Cemetery, was just off the highway in Bien Hoa and marked clearly with a sign. I don't remember the soldier's name, but I know he wasn't anyone prominent. He was just part of
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statue was destroyed and access to the cemetery was restricted until 2006 when families were allowed to tend the graves. A sign was erected outside the cemetery which read "Here lie the Americans' puppet soldiers who have paid the price for their crimes."
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The statue stood at the beginning of a ceremonial road leading to a hilltop pagoda accessible by stairs, behind the pagoda was a ceremonial walkway leading into the cemetery with the graves laid out in a series of circles around a circular monument and
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in April 1975 approximately 16,000 burials had taken place there, with half the graves covered by cement and half simple dirt mounds. By 2009 total burials numbered approximately 12,000.
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Biên Hòa, men of rank were separated from ... As stated, this practice is generally not found in war cemeteries in contemporary Vietnam, with two important exceptions: Hanoi's
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The cemetery was apparently established in 1965, although the earliest graves appear to date from 1968.
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by Vietnamese sculptor, Nguyen Thanh Thu, depicting a weary ARVN soldier seated with his
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The location of the cemetery was marked by a 13 feet (4.0 m) tall statue on
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Photos of Bien Hoa Military Cemetery before and after 1975
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graves being renovated and renovated graves, April 2015
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Dĩ An
Bình Dương Province
Vietnam
Coordinates
10°53′21.41″N 106°48′37.19″E / 10.8892806°N 106.8103306°E / 10.8892806; 106.8103306
Government of Vietnam
Find a Grave
Bình An Cemetery
Vietnamese
Vietnamese
cemetery
Dĩ An
Bình Dương Province
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Highway 1
M1 rifle
Vietcong
obelisk
Fall of Saigon
Fall of Saigon
United States ambassador to Vietnam
Ted Osius
Thuong Tiec or weary soldier statue, November 1966
Cemetery entrance
graves in their original condition, April 2015
original and renovated graves, April 2015
graves being renovated, April 2015
graves being renovated and renovated graves, April 2015
graves renovated by families

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