The shrine is not meant to replicate the shrine to Our Lady of La Vang in the village of La Vang, in
Quang Tri province of Vietnam, said Aaron Torrence, the shrine's architect.
Carter was a Marine private first class serving as a radio operator with H Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, in Vietnam's violent
Quang Tri province.
My recent trip to Vietnam for the U.S.-Vietnam Political, Security and Defense Dialogue included visits to Hanoi, Hue City and
Quang Tri province, along what had once been the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Vietnam.
Central provinces from
Quang Tri to Binh Thuan have suffered heavy rain, up to 462 millimetres for the past two days, the Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention said.
The missing people are from Thanh Hoa, Son La, Hoa Binh, central
Quang Tri province and northern Yen Bai province.
I wanted an operational job in the field, not staff work in Saigon or at a Corps-level headquarters, and I decided on a position as deputy USAID representative in
Quang Tri, the province immediately to the south of the border with North Vietnam.
Yes, we helped the Army of the Republic of Vietnam beat back an North Vietnamese Army offensive in 1972, but the enemy seized
Quang Tri, once the Third Marine Division's headquarters site, and held it for six months.
2 when it was bound for
Quang Tri province in central Vietnam.