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Advisory Team 43 had advisory responsibility for Hau
Nghia Province, located in the III Corps Tactical Zone of South
Vietnam. Their Province Headquarters was
located at Bao Trai, formerly known as Khiem Cuong, and their District
Headquarters were located at Cu Chi, Trang Bang, Duc Hoa and Duc Hue. Bao
Trai was located in south central Hau Nghia.
Relative to Bao Trai, Duc Hoa was located to the southeast, Trang
Bang to the north, Cu Chi to the northeast, and Duc Hue to the west
northwest on the Vam Co Dong (also known as the Oriental River). The
Duc Hue District Headquarters was housed in an old, inactive sugar mill
thought to be once owned by Mrs. Diem. Mrs. Diem's husband, Ngo Dinh,
was President the Republic of Vietnam from 1955 until his assassination in
November 1963. The village of Duc Hue, located across the river from
District Headquarters, was situated east of Parrot's Beak on the Cambodian
border. Advisory Team 43
received its tactical support–artillery, air support, transportation,
medical–from the 25th Infantry Division, whose headquarters
was located at Cu Chi.
Hau Nghia was bordered by Kien Tuong Province and
Cambodia on the west, by Tay Ninh and Binh Duong provinces on the north,
by Gia Dinh Province on the east, and by Long An Province on the
south. A hotbed of Communist activity since the 1930s, Hau Nghia
supplied much of its rice to nearby Viet Cong troops. Enemy supply
routes from Cambodia also cut through the province. A few years
earlier, in 1967, Hau Nghia had been one of the least secure provinces in
South Vietnam.
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