Vietcong
noun
Viet·cong
vē-ˈet-ˈkäŋ 
vyet-,
ˌvē-ət-
vēt-,
-ˈkȯŋ
plural Vietcong
: a guerrilla member of the Vietnamese Communist movement
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In Damianos’s office, the Captain suggests some lines for the Vietcong in a rare outburst of rage.
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Terry Nguyen, Vulture, 5 May 2024
As McNamara discovered while running the Pentagon, the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong were able to repulse far more powerful U.S. forces.
—Ngaire Woods, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022
Can Thu, a former Vietcong political officer who had helped plan the attack.
—Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
In Cambodia, the Nixon administration attempted to destroy the stronghold of Khmer Rouge communist rebels, which the Vietcong used for supply and training.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
In January of 1968, the Vietcong and the North Vietnamese, who were fighting against the U.S. and its allies, the South Vietnamese Army, mounted an offensive.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2023
The goal was to increase rainfall, which would muddy up the Ho Chi Minh Trail, a network of coarse roads, interrupting Vietcong supply lines.
—Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023
The Ho Chi Minh Trail, which helped supply North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces during the Vietnam War, certainly deserves a volume of its own.
—Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2021
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Terry Nguyen, Vulture, 5 May 2024
As McNamara discovered while running the Pentagon, the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong were able to repulse far more powerful U.S. forces.
—Ngaire Woods, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022
Can Thu, a former Vietcong political officer who had helped plan the attack.
—Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
In Cambodia, the Nixon administration attempted to destroy the stronghold of Khmer Rouge communist rebels, which the Vietcong used for supply and training.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
In January of 1968, the Vietcong and the North Vietnamese, who were fighting against the U.S. and its allies, the South Vietnamese Army, mounted an offensive.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2023
The goal was to increase rainfall, which would muddy up the Ho Chi Minh Trail, a network of coarse roads, interrupting Vietcong supply lines.
—Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023
The Ho Chi Minh Trail, which helped supply North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces during the Vietnam War, certainly deserves a volume of its own.
—Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2021
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Vietcong
noun
Viet·cong
vē-ˈet-ˈkäŋ
-ˈkȯŋ
-ˈkȯŋ
plural Vietcong
: a guerrilla soldier in the Vietnamese Communist movement from the late 1950s to 1975
Etymology
from the Vietnamese phrase Viêt Nam công-san "Vietnam communist"
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