Charlie Hill

Giáp ranh 3 huyện: Sa Thầy - Ngọc Hồi, TT. Đắk Tô, Đắk Tô, Kon Tum, Việt Nam

Charlie Hill (known in Vietnamese as Charger Hill - Peak 1015) in Tan Canh commune, Dak To district, Kon Tum province, Vietnam, is a famous place with many fierce battles during the resistance war. anti American. This is a contiguous point between three districts: Sa Thay, Dak To and Ngoc Hoi, in Kon Tum province.

Charlie Hill is about 55 km from the center of Kon Tum city. Charlie Hill has an altitude of approximately 900m above sea level, bordering the communes of Ro Koi (Sa Thay district), Po Ko, Tan Canh (Dak To) and SaLoong and Dak Su communes (Ngoc Hoi). Two high points next to it are Ngoc Rinh Rong and Ngoc Rinh Rua, with an altitude of 800m, once known as the "flagpole foot" of the Charlie Hill area.

Charlie Hill is a place famous for many fierce battles between the forces of the Republic of Vietnam and the US Army with the People's Army of Vietnam. Like the fierce battle at the end of March 1972 between the 64th, 52nd, and 48th infantry regiments and the 19th commando battalion of the 320A division with the garrisoning force of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) with the support of artillery, aircraft. In particular, the battle from April 12 to 15, 1972 of the 64th Infantry Regiment, along with the troops and local people, resolutely fought, accepted sacrifices to destroy the ARVN 11th Parachute Battalion, captured and controlled the ARVN. Take full control of Charlie's highscore. This is also a place known to have very high dioxin concentrations due to the influence of reclamation substances that the US military once sprayed to prevent the ability of the South Vietnamese Liberation Army to hide.

Ticket price: free.

Address: Adjacent to 3 districts: Sa Thay - Ngoc Hoi, TT. Dak To, Dak To, Kon Tum, Vietnam.

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