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Description At 5:55 p.m. on December 24, 1964, Viet Cong terrorists exploded a bomb in the garage area underneath the Brinks Hotel in Saigon, South Vietnam. The hotel, housing 125 military and civilian guests, was being used as officers' billets for U.S. Armed Forces in the Republic of Vietnam. Two Americans were killed, and 107 Americans, Vietnamese, and Australians were injured. Small buildings at the rear of the Brinks Hotel were completely destroyed by the force of the blast. Part of the series: Black and White Photographs of U.S. Air Force and Predecessors' Activities, Facilities, and Personnel, Domestic and Foreign, compiled 1930 - 1975, documenting the period 1863 - 1975. Local Identifier 342-AF-100980USAF.
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current00:31, 13 November 2007Thumbnail for version as of 00:31, 13 November 2007600 × 463 (124 KB)Nguyễn Thanh Quang{{Information |Description= Public Domain. Additional source description and credit info from the National Archives: ARC Identifier: 542301 Title: At 5:55 p.m. on December 24, 1964, Viet Cong terrorists exploded a bomb in the garage area underneat

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