In the Vietnam War, the American soldiers carries a Viet Cong casualty past the body of a Viet Cong casualty on December 8, 1967. About 49 Vietcong were killed in action at the Battle of Bu Dop, and four American soldiers were killed in action.

　　In the Vietnam War, soldiers of the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division of the U.S. Army, carrying Viet Cong and other war wounded, pass by the bodies of Viet Cong (VC: South Vietnam Liberation Front) dead on December 8, 1967. About 49 Viet Cong were killed in action and four U.S. soldiers were killed in action in a fierce battle in the Bu Dop area at midnight the same day. The U.S. military's Bu Dop base, established in November 1963, was located in Bu Dop district, Binh Phuong province, near the Vietnam-Cambodia border.

　At about midnight on November 29, 1967, the Viet Cong attacked the fortified U.S. Bu Dop area, and at about 10 p.m. on November 29, Viet Cong mortars and rockets flew into the Bu Dop base. The rockets hit a bunker, killing all four American soldiers. Hundreds of Vietcong soldiers charged from the east side of the runway after the artillery fire ended, crossing about 200 meters from the woods and assaulting the Boo Dopp base. The U.S. troops fired howitzers at the Vietcong as they charged, taking out many of the Vietcong forces that were forcing their way through. U.S. F-100 fighter-bombers attacked the forests where the Vietcong were hiding with bombs and artillery. The Vietcong assault was frustrated and they quickly withdrew into the forest. U.S. casualties were about 7 dead and 11 wounded, and the Vietcong casualties were 31 dead bodies left behind.

 　For the next week, U.S. forces continued to clash with Vietcong forces around Bou-Dop, with mortar shells landing nightly. In response to the second major Vietcong attack on the Boo Dopp base, U.S. forces reinforced the base at the Boo Dopp airstrip on December 4. Two days later, U.S. forces established a firing base southeast of Boo Dopp, which the Viet Cong invasion had targeted, and at about 1:00 a.m. on December 8, U.S. forces attacked Viet Cong positions, with the main assault force invading under rocket fire. Under very short engagement distances, U.S. artillery cut through the Vietcong forces with high-fire artillery shells, preventing them from reaching the outer lines of the base. American air strikes, armed helicopters, and mortars inflicted further losses on the Viet Cong. The Vietcong then withdrew from the Boo Top area at approximately 3:00 a.m. on December 8. The next day, December 9, the U.S. military conducted autopsies on about 49 Vietcong dead and four military dead. The Boo Top base was then transferred to the South Vietnamese Army on December 31, 1970.