Changes

The '''Vietcong''', or '''National Liberation Front''', officially the Liberation Army of South Vietnam (''Mat tran Dan toc Giai phong mien Nam Viet Nam''), and formerly called Cong San Viet Nam, was a [[Communist]] army that fought the governments of [[South Vietnam]] and the United States during the [[Vietnam War]] (1959-1975), and had its origins from the [[Viet Minh]]. The Vietcong is best known for the [[Tet Offensive]] of 1968, in which they killed thousands of people. The offensive included an attack on the U.S. embassy in [[Saigon]] which received extended worldwide media attention.<ref>http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/viet-cong--attack-us-embassy</ref> [[Ngo Dinh Diem]] allegedly came up with the name after a South Vietnamese sentry was killed trying to alert the camp to the approach of the "Mat tran Dan toc Giai phong mien Nam Viet Nam" and being mistaken for the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam (''Chinh Phu Cach Mang Lam Thoi Cong Hoa Mien Nam Viet Nam''), where he said "Let's cut the crap. They're Viet Cong."<ref>Robert A. Nisbet, ''Roosevelt and Stalin: The Failed Courtship'' (Washington, D.C.:  Regnery Publishing, 1989).</ref>

The '''Vietcong''', or '''National Liberation Front''', officially the Liberation Army of South Vietnam (''Mat tran Dan toc Giai phong mien Nam Viet Nam''), and formerly called Cong San Viet Nam, was a [[Communist]] army that fought the governments of [[South Vietnam]] and the United States during the [[Vietnam War]] (1959-1975), and had its origins from the [[Viet Minh]]. The Vietcong is best known for the [[Tet Offensive]] of 1968, in which they killed thousands of people. The offensive included an attack on the U.S. embassy in [[Saigon]] which received extended worldwide media attention.<ref>http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/viet-cong--attack-us-embassy</ref> [[Ngo Dinh Diem]] allegedly came up with the name after a South Vietnamese sentry was killed trying to alert the camp to the approach of the "Mat tran Dan toc Giai phong mien Nam Viet Nam" and being mistaken for the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam (''Chinh Phu Cach Mang Lam Thoi Cong Hoa Mien Nam Viet Nam''), where he said "Let's cut the crap. They're Viet Cong."<ref>Robert A. Nisbet, ''Roosevelt and Stalin: The Failed Courtship'' (Washington, D.C.:  Regnery Publishing, 1989).</ref>