Talk:William D. Port

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[edit] Heip Duc Province

The article said Port was wounded and captured January 12, 1968 in Que Son Valley, Heip Duc Province. After thorough web searching, I can confirm that fact [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]. Through web searching also finds there is a Heip Duc village and a Heip Duc valley, but it is clear that Heip Duc Province does not exist, and never existed, except as an error on Port's Medal of Honor certificate. Heip Duc Valley is a part of or extension of Que Son Valley. It appears to me that a notation like "Que Son, Heip Duc" was mangled into this fictional province. Note also that Statoids does not list Heip Duc under 1965 provinces. —  Randall Bart   Talk  01:24, 18 September 2007 (UTC)