Talk:Battle of Binh Ba

message: I added the ì as per Bình Ba in lead:
See also WP:VN DISTRICT NAMES RFC for practice with other Vietnam geographical names. In ictu oculi (talk) 07:24, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Disagree. This is not the common name for this battle as used in English language sources - my comments per Talk:Battle_of_Long_Tan#Encyclopedia_of_Vietnam_War_.28Oxford.29_full_spelling_in_lead broadly apply here. Anotherclown (talk) 07:49, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: This is best discussed at that article. In ictu oculi (talk) 08:12, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text:  Agreed. Anotherclown (talk) 08:43, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Vietnamese spelling in lead

message: The article seems dependent on sources from only one side of the fighting. Lịch sử đá̂u tranh cách mạng của Đảng bộ và nhân dân huyện Châu Đức, 1930-2000 (History of the revolutionary struggle of the People's Party and Chau Duc District, 1930-2000) Nhà xuất bản Chính trị quốc gia, 2004 - 326 pages could supply some additional material. In ictu oculi (talk) 07:24, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: By all means, pls feel free to. There is no reason why it cannot be included as long as it is done appropriately per WP:UNDUE and uses a consistent style IRT references as that adopted in the article as it currently stands. Anotherclown (talk) 07:47, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Add Vietnamese sources

message: Hi All,
You may wish to include my recent book: The 33rd Regiment - North Vietnamese Army: Their Story (and the Battle of Binh Ba) to your references.
I have placed the 128,000-word book on the Internet as free-to-read at: 
http://www.scribd.com/doc/217396459/The-33rd-Regiment-North-Vietnamese-Army-Their-Story-and-the-Battle-of-Binh-Ba . The 5RAR Association has recently included a brief book review of “The 33rd” on its website: http://www.5rar.asn.au/book-reviews/33rd-regiment.htm  ; and a similar review will appear in the next edition of DVA’s Vetaffairs magazine.
I’ve attempted a “from go to whoa” history of the 33rd NVA Regiment - ie from its founding in the North, fighting in the Central Highlands in late 1965 (against the US 1st Air Cav Div – which was featured in the 2002 Hollywood movie: “We were soldiers ...” with Mel Gibson as US LTCOL Harold Moore), battles in III CTZ/MR3 from late 1968, operations in Cambodia from 1975, and its deployment to the Vietnam-China border in late 1979. 
The Regiment – whose average strength was about 1,100, reportedly lost 3,056 KIA (according to its detailed “martyrs’ lists”). However, only about 16% fell in Phuoc Tuy – so much of its history is not relevant to the Australian military experience. However, Australian veterans might find the pages on the Battle of Binh Ba (6-8 June 1969) of particular interest – ie pp.47-84, as that includes the signals intelligence “DF-ing” of the 33rd Regiment “pre/post Binh Ba” (an aspect omitted from the official Australian Army history – “On the Offensive”, 2003). As outlined last year in the D440 Battalion History (2012), recently-acquired Vietnamese material has related that the 33rd Regiment’s 2nd Battalion was sited to ambush (then) Major Murray Blake’s Ready Reaction Force on Route 2 south of Binh Ba on the morning of 6 June. However, that ambush was not initiated – and the reasons still remain somewhat obscure. Had it been “sprung”, the ensuing engagement might have even eclipsed Long Tân in our Vietnam “pantheon”.
Best wishes to all, Ernie Chamberlain Erniechamberlain (talk) 02:53, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vietnamese account of the Battle of Binh Ba - with detailed commentary/corrections now on Sribd - free to read