Map Ma Lam – 6631 iii – 1970 – 1972
The 1970 info (June 1972 Print) map covers southern Bình Thuận
Province between the coastal plain and the inland highlands. It remained an
active counter-insurgency area throughout the war.
Quán, Phan Lý, Phan Lý Chàm and Ma Lâm lay along Quốc Lộ 1
(QL1), a vital supply route between Saigon and II Corps. Viet Cong forces
regularly mined the highway, staged ambushes and harassed military convoys,
requiring constant ARVN security patrols and engineer clearance operations. Thiện
Giáo served as an important ARVN district headquarters, with Regional and
Popular Forces conducting patrols into the surrounding countryside. Government
control was strongest in the towns and along QL1, while many rural areas
remained contested, particularly at night.
Ma Lâm, overlooked by Núi Một, and the nearby hills
including Núi Ta Đôn provided excellent observation over roads and valleys.
Both government and Viet Cong forces sought control of this high ground for
reconnaissance and security. The Song Khan and Song Kau rivers, together with
Trail LTL 7, formed useful movement corridors through the area. Local Viet Cong
units used these routes to move personnel and supplies while avoiding the more
heavily patrolled highway.
Ấp Hòa Thành Military Post was one of several local security
bases protecting villages and supporting patrol operations. Such posts were
frequent targets of sniper fire, mortar attacks and small guerrilla assaults. US
involvement consisted mainly of advisers supporting ARVN units, with helicopter
mobility, artillery and tactical air support used during search-and-clear
operations. Military activity focused on convoy security, patrols and
disrupting local Viet Cong infrastructure rather than large-scale battles.
The Viet Cong maintained local guerrilla networks
responsible for intelligence, taxation, recruitment and attacks on roads,
outposts and government officials. By 1970, allied operations had reduced
permanent Viet Cong control, but much of the rural interior remained contested
and insurgents retained freedom of movement away from the main population
centres.
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