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Vietnam Studies- Medical Support 1965-1970: Hospitalization and Evacuation (6951 words) |
 | Hospitals had to be moved only when major tactical forces shifted to open new areas of operations, such as, for example, the large-scale buildup of U.S. Army forces in I CTZ during 1968. |
| Upon the redeployment of the reserve hospitals to CONUS during the second half of 1969, the POW hospital mission was reassigned to the 17th Field Hospital and the 24th Evacuation Hospital. |
| The de-escalation of combat activities in Vietnam during 1969 and 1970 was paralleled by a reduction in the number of hospitals and air ambulance units. |
| Vietnam, Landmine Monitor Report 2004 (11567 words) |
| The only mine Vietnam is known to have produced in the 1990s is the “apple mine,” which is a recycled version of the BLU-24 bomblet dropped by the US during the Vietnam War. |
| Vietnam is heavily contaminated with unexploded ordnance from the conflict in the 1960s and early 1970s, as well as smaller quantities of bombs and mines from other conflicts. |
| Vietnam has no published national budget for mine action, but official sources state that the government invests “hundreds of billions of dong (tens of millions of US dollars) for mine detection and clearance” each year. |
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