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The struggle for freedom in Vietnam goes on, said General Tran Van
Nhut on the occasion of a Vietnam memorials dedication in 2004. It
is a peaceful but unfinished war. Tran Van Nhut grew up with a
great love for his country's history and served in the Army of
South Vietnam from the Republics inception in 1954 until its demise
in 1975. In 1970, he was appointed province chief of Binh Long
(Peaceful Dragon) Province and commander of its Regional, Popular,
and Peoples Self Defense Forces. It was in that capacity that he
became involved in the sixty-six-day Battle of An Loc, in 1972,
which ended in a significant South Vietnamese victory. From the
book: 'Just after my helicopter took off, communist antiaircraft
guns located north of An Loc directed a ferocious barrage at us.
Luckily, not one round hit our helicopter, but when we tried to
land at Loc Ninh, the curtain of North Vietnamese antiaircraft fire
was so thick my American pilot was unable to land there. Looking
down on Loc Ninh from above, my heart sank. Smoke curled skyward
from the town. Heavy artillery barrages rained down on district
military headquarters and the headquarters of 9th Regiment, 5th
Division'.
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