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Pinkville
noun
an area in the province of Quang Ngai, South Vietnam US
Either named because of the area’s appearance on maps or because of the strong presence of communist forces in the area.- One of the Task Force’s main objectives would be keeping pressure on an area a few miles northeast of Quang Ngai known as “Pinkville,” the name deriving from the fact that its higher population density caused it to appear red on Army maps. — Seymour Hersh, My Lai 4, p. 23, 1970
- My Lai 1, 2, 3, and 4 hamlets were part of the village of Son My, known as Pinkville–heavily VC in the fiercely contested province of Quang Ngai. — Myra MacPherson, Long Time Passing, p. 581, 1984
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