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Against South Vietnam

For a few weeks in early April, Anloc was headline news (“Copters Ferry More Saigon Troops into Anloc,” “U.S. Adviser Predicts End of Anloc Siege”). Why should this small city (fewer than 17,000) so entrance the major news media in this country? Perhaps it was going to be the capital the North Vietnamese sought to establish in South Vietnam? Perhaps it was a vital link to supply lines? None of these explanations seemed to suffice. The reason this, the capital of the smallest province in South Vietnam, was headline news was simply that it was under North Vietnamese attack.

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Against South Vietnam

For a few weeks in early April, Anloc was headline news (“Copters Ferry More Saigon Troops into Anloc,” “U.S. Adviser Predicts End of Anloc Siege”). Why should this small city (fewer than 17,000) so entrance the major news media in this country? Perhaps it was going to be the capital the North Vietnamese sought to establish in South Vietnam? Perhaps it was a vital link to supply lines? None of these explanations seemed to suffice. The reason this, the capital of the smallest province in South Vietnam, was headline news was simply that it was under North Vietnamese attack.