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Vietnam War: On a mission to evacuate children from South Vietnam, a U.S. Air Force plane crash-landed at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, killing 78 children and 60 others.
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War in Southeast Asia from 1955 to 1975
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Country in Southeast Asia (1955–1975)
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Air service branch of the U.S. military
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1975 Tân Sơn Nhứt C-5 accident
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Tan Son Nhut Air Base
South Vietnamese Air Force base in Saigon during the Vietnam War; now an international airport
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