An Lộc
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Phường An Lộc An Lộc Ward |
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 Phường An Lộc
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| Coordinates: 11°39′10″N 106°36′34″E / 11.65278°N 106.60944°E | |
| Country |
 Vietnam
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| Province | Bình Phước |
| District level-town | Bình Long |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10.3 km2 (4.0 sq mi) |
| Population (11 August 2009) | |
| • Total | 8,599 |
| • Density | 834.8/km2 (2,162/sq mi) |
| Website | http://binhlong.binhphuoc.gov.vn/ |
An Lộc is a ward (phường) of the town of Bình Long in Bình Phước Province in southern Vietnam. It is located approximately 90 km north of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) with a population of 8,599 (2009). The town was formerly part of Bình Long Province before merger with Phước Long Province to create Bình Phước Province. The town became famous during the Vietnam War, as the location of a major battle and Boeing B-52 Stratofortress air strike in 1972. Today the town has a mass grave memorial with 3,000 bodies.
In North Vietnam's Easter Offensive of 1972, the Communist Politburo/General Võ Nguyên Giáp planned simultaneous attacks to capture as much territory as possible and to defeat the US-supported South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). By then, the number of United States ground forces in South Vietnam had fallen to 65,000 from an all-time high of 543,000 in 1969; and the North Vietnamese correctly anticipated that the US was unwilling to commit ground troops again. An aerial armada consisting of United States Air Force (USAF) B-52 Stratofortresses, F-4 Phantom IIs, A-37 Dragonflies and US Navy planes from four aircraft carrier wings and some Vietnam Air Force (VNAF) fighters, however, were at hand to provide strong and at times crucial air-support.
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