Gone to Pieces: The Battle of Binh Gia

“After the Ap Bac battle the enemy realized that it would be difficult to defeat us. After Binh Gia the enemy realized that they would lose to us.” ---Le Duan, Communist Party Secretary in Hanoi about the significance of the battle of Binh Gia. Following the disastrous 1963 battle of Ap Bac, more military equipment and advisors were sent by the United States to the Republic of South Vietnam in the hopes that better armaments and training could defeat the obviously growing strength of the Communist forces in that embattled country. The Battle of Binh Gia was the first major test of the effects of the escalating US presence in South Vietnam, and its outcome had a telling effect on the US role in the conflict. Perhaps you can do as well or better? —description from the publisher