Did you know ?
Emperor Bao Dai’s once crashed his car into a man and killed him. The total amount His Majesty gave the victim’s family was 80 piastres. At 1935 prices, this sum was equivalent to approximately 800 kilograms of rice.
Lieutenant Bac Noi was an elephant that served the Vietminh during the battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 and the NVA in the HCM trails from 1959-1967. Unfortunately, due to lack of sex, he went on a rampage and killed 2 people in 1982. A firing squad executed him in March 1983.
Debunking myths
Images taken in Fort Bragg, USA demonstrating how to fire the STG44 and FG42 in various positions were often mislabeled to have been taken in South Vietnam. In reality, these guns were almost certainly captured from the German in WW2.