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Metropole Hotel bombing in Saigon, 1965

By Joe Gromelski
Published: April 11, 2012
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Bob Cutts ©Stars and Stripes
Saigon, South Vietnam, December 4, 1965: An MP stands guard on the devastated second floor of Saigon's Metropole Hotel as rescue efforts continue five hours after a truck bomb exploded outside the building, which served as a bachelor enlisted men's quarters for the U.S. military. Eight Vietnamese, one U.S. Marine and a soldier from New Zealand were killed in the early-morning blast that also injured more than 175 people, including 72 Americans.

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