Very Rare Badge - Combatant - Participant - The Battle of AP BAC 1963
Measures - 1 Inch in diameter (2.5 cms)
Viet Cong Victory at Ap Bac - 1963
The Battle of Ap Bac
‘It was a miserable…performance,’ Vann raged to Sheehan. ‘Thesepeople won’t listen. They make the same…mistakes over and over again in thesame way.’
Lt. Colonel – US Special Forces – John Paul Vann
One of the First MajorBattles of the Vietnam War, the Battle of AP BAC took place on the 2nd ofJanuary 1963 at the Hamlet of Bac in the Mekong Delta.
The Battle of Ap Bac wasthe first major victory by the Viet Cong over joint South Vietnamese and USForces. Commanders: Viet Cong, Hai Hoang - South Vietnamese, Bui Dinh Dam - US,John Paul Vann.
At about 7am on themorning of the 2nd of January 1963 (The battle ended mid afternoon), 1400 jointSouth Vietnamese and US Forces supported by Army Personnel Carriers,Helicopters and Artillery were attacked by a Viet Cong force of approximately350 Men & Women, less than one third the size of the Allied forces the VCcontrolled the battle throughout the day downing 5 helicopters, killing 80South Vietnamese and 3 US Advisors.
NB. Original Allied information on this battle indicated that the ARVN had,unbeknown to the VC Force, located and surrounded them.
However, prior to hisdeath in 2006, Vietnamese journalist Pham Xuan An, who had access to MACV briefings(was also a Viet Cong Spy and worked with Time magazine) disclosed informationthat Ap Bac was actually an ambush designed around information he provided andthe ARVN were in fact lured into the battle.
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