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Contents 1 "Truong Son Strategic Supply Route" 2 Headings 3 Reversion 4 Unfortunately?

[edit] "Truong Son Strategic Supply Route"

In the introductory paragraph's explanation of what the HCM Trail is called in Vietnam, I think Đường Trường Sơn (in Vietnamese, and with the English translation "Duong Truong Road") is more appropriate than "Truong Son Strategic Supply Route". Perhaps the latter term was used by Viet Cong bureaucrats forty years ago, but coloquially, in present-day Vietnam, and in the Vietnamese Wikipedia, [[1]], it's Đường Trường Sơn. -- Paul Richter 01:32, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Have seen several different renditions, but, for now, I'll stick with what the official Vietnamese history of the conflict calls it.RM Gillespie 11:53, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Headings

Per Wikipedia:Manual of Style (headings):

• Headings must be in sentence case; in other words, words after the first must not be capitalized unless they're proper nouns.
• Headings should omit initial articles ("a", "the", etc.).

The dates, I think, look much neater in parentheses than following a trailing comma; but this may be more a matter of personal preference. Kirill Lokshin 04:43, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reversion

If you made additions to this article after 29 April 2007, your edits have been deleted by reversion. Sorry about that, but some no-name editor (24.149.147.219) deleted the entire first section of the article with no explination (as if there was one) as to why. Once again, sorry for the inconvenience. Just type it up to more mindless vandalism by those that can think of nothing other than stroking their miniscule egos. RM Gillespie 06:58, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

There must have been a typo. Where did they find people to man 100 billion bulldozers? 70.181.234.41 08:22, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Unfortunately?

"In early February 1971, 16,000 (later 20,000) South Vietnamese troops rolled across the Laotian border along Route 9 and headed for the PAVN logistical center at Tchepone. Operation Lam Son 719, the long-sought assault on the Ho Chi Minh trail itself and the ultimate test of the American policy of Vietnamization, had begun.[56] Unfortunately, U.S. forces (with the exception of air support, artillery fire, and helicopter aviation units) were prohibited by law from participation in the invasion.[57]"

"Unfortunately" for who? - Francis Tyers · 18:07, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Umm, South Vietnam. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.129.184.243 (talk) 11:14, 8 May 2008 (UTC)