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  • Palm fronds in front of a 16 meter high, 243 ton granite monument to the enduring spirit of Vietnam and her people, in the grounds of the Ben Duoc Monument to War Martyrs. The central feature is a teardrop, symbolizing the loss and grief of many generations of Vietnam people who fought to maintain their country. The remainder symbolises a lotus flower caressed by hands, invoking the lines of a popular Vietnamese folk song. .On the body of the monument there are carvings of Vietnam historical events from the time of the country's establishment by King Hung Vuong to Independence Day, April 30th, 1975. Cu Chi, Vietnam
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  • 16 meter high, 243 ton granite monument to the enduring spirit of Vietnam and her people, in the grounds of the Ben Duoc Monument to War Martyrs. The central feature is a teardrop, symbolizing the loss and grief of many generations of Vietnam people who fought to maintain their country. The remainder symbolises a lotus flower caressed by hands, invoking the lines of a popular Vietnamese folk song. .On the body of the monument there are carvings of Vietnam historical events from the time of the country's establishment by King Hung Vuong to Independence Day, April 30th, 1975. Cu Chi, Vietnam
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  • Cryptic graffiti on US Army Helicopter captured during Vietnam War (called the American War by the Vietnamese). War Remnants Museum, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam
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  • Detail of one of the wooden pillars of the three-door temple gate of the Ben Duoc Monument to War Martyrs, bearing the words of the Vietnamese poet Bao Dinh Giang..The memorial complex was built to honour the contributions of the soldiers and people who sacrified their lives in the Saigon - Gia Dinh region during the anti-American and the anti-French struggles. The names of 44,520 revolutionary martyrs are carved with gilded letters into a granite stone tablet in the main temple, including Vietnamese mothers, heroes, and revolutionary martyrs, and 9,322 revolutionary martyrs from other provinces and cities. Cu Chi, Vietnam
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  • Massive wooden pillars of the three-door temple gate of the Ben Duoc Monument to War Martyrs, bearing the words of the Vietnamese poet Bao Dinh Giang..The memorial complex was built to honour the contributions of the soldiers and people who sacrified their lives in the Saigon - Gia Dinh region during the anti-American and the anti-French struggles. The names of 44,520 revolutionary martyrs are carved with gilded letters into a granite stone tablet in the main temple, including Vietnamese mothers, heroes, and revolutionary martyrs, and 9,322 revolutionary martyrs from other provinces and cities. Cu Chi, Vietnam
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  • Large potted cycad on avenue leading to the three-door temple gate of the Ben Duoc Monument to War Martyrs..The memorial complex was built to honour the contributions of the soldiers and people who sacrified their lives in the Saigon - Gia Dinh region during the anti-American and the anti-French struggles. The names of 44,520 revolutionary martyrs are carved with gilded letters into a granite stone tablet in the main temple, including Vietnamese mothers, heroes, and revolutionary martyrs, and 9,322 revolutionary martyrs from other provinces and cities. Cu Chi, Vietnam
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  • Dramatic reconstruction of a prisoner in a war-time prison cell. War Remnants Museum, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam
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  • Replica of the Russian-designed T-54 tank no. 843 of the North Vietnamese Army 203rd Armoured Regiment, which on 30 April 1975 went crashing through the gates of the South Vietnamese presidential palace (in background), signalling the end of the war. Australian combat photographer Neil Davis famously captured that moment on film..Up until the end of the war the palace was called the Independence Palace--after Saigon fell, it was renamed the Reunification Palace..Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam
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  • US aircraft at the War Remnants Museum, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam
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  • Tourists gather around an exhibition of photographs, most notably those taken from the film of Australian combat photographer Neil Davis, showing the  Russian-designed T-54 tank no. 843 of the North Vietnamese Army 203rd Armoured Regiment, crashing through the gates of the South Vietnamese presidential palace on 30 April 1975, signalling the end of the war. Reunification Palace, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam
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  • Woman gazes up at the floodlit stone obelisk atop Martyrs' Memorial Hill (Dai Liet Si) at night. Vung Tau, Vietnam
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