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A 36-hour New Years truce goes into effect in South Vietnam (1967)

Copyright Masaru HASHIMOTO

THE NEW YEARS TRUCE This small breath of peace came during the cruelest period of the Vietnam War. The illusion, though, was soon shattered. 1968 saw the National Liberation Front's Tet Offensive, and the renowned Son My massacre by American soldiers.

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