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This village, Situated to the Northeast of the Villages of An Tinh and An Loc, scene of a major contact in January of 1968 by Delta and Bravo Companies, seemed idyllic. In the Fall of 1967 we often passed this village located on the South China Sea. I had my camera with me on one trip and took a picture of the children who would always run out to meet our tracks as we passed by... waving happily and begging for candy, food, or anything we would be willing to give. It seemed a bit odd that so many children would run from this village toward our tracks since this did not occur in other villages in the area… so one day we turned suddenly and cordoned off the village.
It turned out to be an R&R village for NVA troops in the area.