Qualla: Battle of Tong Le Chon https://qualla.com/battle-of-tong-le-chon en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:36 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Tong Le Chon https://qualla.com/battle-of-tong-le-chon Battle of Tong Le Chon: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-tong-le-chon/ On the night of April 11, 1974, while nearly 1,000 mortar and artillery rounds crashed into what remained of their camp, Lieutenant Colonel Le Van Ngon sent a final radio message to III Corps headquarters: give us authority to abandon Tong Le Chon. The reply came at 23:30 -- defend at all costs. Sometime after midnight, the Rangers began burning sensitive documents. Then they asked the air force to stop dropping illumination flares. They were moving out. Ngon had chosen to disobey. He would lead 255 survivors, carrying every wounded soldier who could not walk, on a 16-kilometer march through jungle and North Vietnamese lines to An Loc. It was an act of defiance that saved his men and ended one of the longest sieges of the Vietnam War.

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/6/5/9/battle-of-tong-le-chon-wp/w659-battle-of-tong-le-chon-a-thorn-in-the-logistical-corridor.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Tong Le Chon: Thirteen Thousand Rounds https://qualla.com/battle-of-tong-le-chon/ The North Vietnamese siege began on March 25, 1973 -- two months after the Paris Peace Accords were supposed to have ended the fighting. The bombardment was almost continuous. In the first 16 weeks alone, the PAVN launched nearly 300 fire attacks, pouring more than 13,000 mortar,...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/6/5/9/battle-of-tong-le-chon-wp/w659-battle-of-tong-le-chon-an-arrangement-in-the-sky.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Tong Le Chon: A Commander's Impossible Choice https://qualla.com/battle-of-tong-le-chon/ By March 1974, the 92nd Rangers' situation was untenable. Seriously wounded soldiers could be neither treated nor evacuated. Resupply came only by parachute. Lieutenant General Pham Quoc Thuan proposed three options to the Joint General Staff chief, General Cao Van Vien: launch a...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/6/5/9/battle-of-tong-le-chon-wp/w659-battle-of-tong-le-chon-a-commanders-impossible-choice.mp3 0:06 5 full Battle of Tong Le Chon: Every Man Brought Out https://qualla.com/battle-of-tong-le-chon/ The order to hold at all costs came at 23:30 on April 11. Colonel Ngon ignored it. After midnight his Rangers burned their documents, destroyed equipment, and began moving northeast through the jungle toward An Loc, 16 kilometers away through PAVN lines. Fourteen more men were wo...

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