From Ben Het in the North through Duc Co on Highway 19, south to Bu Ntoll and Snuol, farther to the Fishhook, Tay Ninh and the Parrot’s Beak, east of Svay Rieng and west of Chau Duc and Tri Ton to the terminus at Ha Tien—all along the Cambodia-Viet Nam border, the summer of 1969 was marred with artillery duels and infantry skirmishes. Thousands of soldiers were killed. Nearly ten thousand were wounded.
A general offensive, mini-Tet II (mini-Tet I having occurred in May of 1968), was launched on 12 August. Communist forces attacked 150 cities and bases throughout South Viet Nam, setting off the heaviest fighting in three months. The city hardest hit was An Loc, the capital of Binh Long Province, fifty kilometers west-southwest of Phuoc Binh and Song Be City. Also hit hard were Quan Loi, ea
