Names like Nam Can, Chau Doc, Tra Cu and Nha Be will never carry the historical weight of New Orleans, Natchez, Vicksburg or Memphis.īut to the 16,000 U.S. He needs it for a pantry, for a recruiting depot, for a warehouse, for a shipping route, for a stepping stone to bigger targets.įrom out of the past has come the Brown Water Navy to challenge Charley's claim. This is a system of waterways plied by more than a million private water craft, each of them harmless in appearance, yet each a potential part of the enemy supply chain.Ĭharley laid claim to this area in 1946, and has been trying ever since to gain the full title to it. This is an area capable of producing enough rice to feed all of Southeast Asia. This is where fully half of the republic's 17 million citizens live.
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