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Tango01 ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 31 Mar 2024 5:19 p.m. PST |
… SAVE THE CITY "After mounting massive conventional warfare assaults near the DMZ and in the Central Highlands on 5 April 1972, Hanoi extended the deadly arm of the Nguyen Hue, or the 1972 Easter Offensive, to South Vietnam's Military Region III (MR III), formerly known as III Corps. North Vietnamese Army (NVA) forces quickly overran Loc Ninh, a tiny district town in Binh Long Province near the Cambodian border. One week later, three NVA divisions, supported by tanks and massive amounts of artillery, launched an all out attack on An Loc, the capital of Binh Long Province, 60 miles north of Saigon.
The vital role that U.S. and South Vietnamese aerial bombing played in saving An Loc is well known. However, the much less publicized, but equally vital, U.S. Army and Air Force air resupply effort also played a major role in helping the South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) forces and their U.S. Army advisors defending An Loc survive a 70-day siege, a siege longer than either Vicksburg or Dien Bien Phu…" Main page link
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Major B | 01 Apr 2024 3:01 a.m. PST |
The Battle of An Loc (Twentieth-Century Battles) by James H. Willbanks is also an excellent account. It is listed on Amazon.com. Willbanks was an advisor during the battle. Well worth a read. |
Tango01 ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 01 Apr 2024 3:16 p.m. PST |
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