The Journal of
Vietnamese Studies presents two articles of interest:
A
study by Holly High, James R. Curran and Gareth Robinson looks into the
contents of two large databases containing information on the air war
over Southeast Asia. The authors
point out that this was the first war to “go digital” and the records
maintained can provide a wealth of information on operations conducted.
1960s - Da Nang Air Base during the Vietnam War.
Revetments shown provide protection against mortar and rocket attacks.
Jean
Michaud studies a 1906 French military ethnography of Colonial Upper Tonkin in
Northern Vietnam covering 1897 to 1904.
Michaud examines a public version of the ethnography and also a lesser
known more military focused version.
Arrival at the “Porte de Chine” of the military
commander of Guangxi, Marshal Su Yuan Chuan and his
official entourage on 16 July 1900. The procession of sedan chairs,
guarded by soldiers, had just passed through the outer gatehouse into
French Indo-China (Vietnam). Marshal Su had been invited as a guest to
celebrate the inaugural train of the railway connecting Hanoi with Dang
Dong, close to the Nam-Quan frontier post between
China and Vietnam.
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