| This town in South Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region, was the site of
one of the Navy’s Advanced Tactical Support Bases during the Vietnam War. River
patrol boats units taking part in Operation SEALORDS strategy of interdicting communist
infiltration from Cambodia received basic supplies, such as fuel, food, and ammunition
from the facility. The Advanced Tactical Support Base
was turned over to the Vietnamese Navy in April 1971, after more than two
years of American operations, when U.S. forces withdrew from the combat
area. |