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Tonle Cham Camp (also known as Tonle Cham Special Forces Camp or Tong Le Chon Special Force camp) is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base southwest of An Lộc in southern Vietnam. ==History== The 5th Special Forces Group Detachment A-334 first established a base here in 1967 to monitor communist infiltration from base areas in the Fishhook (Cambodia).The base was located beside the Saigon River on Route 248 8 km southeast of the Fishhook and approximately 14 km southwest of An Lộc. On 28 November 1968 C-130B #61-2644 of the 776th Tactical Airlift Squadron was damaged beyond repair after its nose gear failed while landing at Tonle Cham〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lockheed C-130B Hercules 61-2644 Tonle Cham Airfield )〕 The base was transferred to 92nd Border Rangers in 1972.〔 In March 1973 less than 2 months after the Paris Peace Accords went into effect the camp was besieged by People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Central Intelligence Bulletin 21 March 1973 )〕 The Rangers held out for more than a year before the base was captured on 12 April 1974.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Central Intelligence Bulletin 13 April 1974 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tonle Cham Camp」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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