Scene of bloody ambush

FIFTY years on from an ambush in midst of Vietnam’s Long Hai Hills, Piangil’s Harry Blandthorn recalls fighting, relatively inexperienced and outnumbered 10 to one. The Long Hai Hills were a known Viet Cong stronghold, full of bunkers and defended by mines. On February 18, 1970, these hills became the scene of a bloody ambush […]