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An Lộc is the capital of Bình Long Province located northwest of Military Region III.During North Vietnam's Easter Offensive (known in Vietnam as the Nguyen Hue Offensive) of 1972, An Lộc was at the centre of the PAVN strategy, its location on Route QL-13 near Base Area 708 in Cambodia allowed safeguarding supplies based out of a "neutral" location in order to reduce exposure to U.S. bombing.
Trương Văn Cam, known by the sobriquet Năm Cam (April 22, 1947 – June 3, 2004) was a notorious Vietnamese mobster who is often called the "Godfather" of Vietnam. Known for building and running a criminal enterprise revolving around gambling dens, hotels, racketeering, extortion, loan sharking and restaurants that fronted for brothels, during his heyday, Năm Cam was considered one of the ...
Cam Lộ was intended to form a supporting base for the McNamara Line [3]: 89–91 and provided artillery support USMC forces engaged at Con Thien. Route 561 which ran from Cam Lộ was the main supply route to Con Thien [ 3 ] : 91–4 Cam Lộ formed one corner of what became known as Leatherneck Square , with the other corners being Con Thien ...
In 1968 Ca Lu fell within the Lancaster tactical area of operations under the control of the 3rd Marine Regiment. [ 5 ] : 18 In support of their attack on Khe Sanh , the PAVN isolated the Marine outposts along Route 9, attacking supply and engineering convoys and on 28 February they shot down a CH-46 helicopter near Ca Lu, killing 22 marines on ...
In the Vietnam War, Cam Ranh was a major military stronghold of the United States and the South Vietnamese government. The US military built Cam Ranh Air Base into a major military base, with many fortifications being built. [12] After 1975, Cam Ranh was renamed Cam Ranh town, which is subordinate to the Khánh Hòa province.
Many Vietnamese YouTubers or advertisers reference or create parodies of the fairytale. A movie adaptation of the story named Tam Cam: The Untold Story was produced by Ngô Thanh Vân and released in Vietnam on 19 August 2016. [7] The movie's theme song, "Bống bống bang bang " also amassed hundreds of millions views on Youtube.
The story of the ten girls was made into a film Ngã ba Đồng Lộc The Girls at Dong Loc Crossroads (1997) [2] directed by Lưu Trọng Ninh starring Thúy Hường, Hương Dung, Ngọc Dung, Yến Vy, and Xuân Bắc. [3] [4] The location today is a shrine. [5]
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