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Vietnam War

Vi·et·nam War


noun 
Definition:
 
conflict in Vietnam involving U.S. forces: a conflict in which the Communist forces of North Vietnam and guerrillas in South Vietnam fought against the non-Communist forces of South Vietnam and the United States. It began in 1954 and ended in 1975 in a Communist victory.

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