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Re:I Fell 15,000 Feet and Lived by dctoedt on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @08:26PM (#33351454)
> Why did you say "what we call" in reference to the Vietnam war?

I guess I was thinking that HN is a very multinational forum, and I don't know what people in other countries would call the Vietnam War.

(I'm reminded of how genteel Southern ladies supposedly used to refer to the Civil War as The Late Unpleasantness.)

Re:I Fell 15,000 Feet and Lived by yesenadam on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @08:58PM (#33351666)
Apparently in Vietnam it's commonly called (what translates as) "Resistance War against America".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminology_of_the_Vietnam_War