During the Vietnam War, on March 9th 1965, in Can Tho, in the province of Zala, Vietnam, a soldier from the South Vietnamese Liberation Front was killed by the American army after attacking with a basket full of grenades in his hands. His body lay face down in a field.

　　During the Vietnam War, on March 9th 1965, in Can Tho, Gia Lai Province, Vietnam, a soldier from the South Vietnamese Liberation Front who had attacked with a basket full of grenades in his hands was killed by the American army, and his body fell face down in a field in Can Tho. Located in the central highlands of Vietnam, Can Tho was the site of a camp where around 400 soldiers of the ethnic minority, trained by American soldiers and special forces, were on duty. On March 8, around 1000 soldiers of the communist forces attacked the camp, armed with guns and baskets full of grenades. The next morning, on March 9th, the bodies of over 100 Liberation Front soldiers hung from the barbed wire surrounding the encampment. The American military suffered 33 casualties.

　　In 1965, the United States rapidly increased its military presence in South Vietnam. During the Vietnam War, the communist-controlled Viet Cong (VC) gained influence over many rural areas. The South Vietnamese government was losing the Vietnam War. Operation Rolling Thunder was a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign by the US military. The US Navy and the Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) bombed North Vietnam from March 2, 1965 to November 2, 1968, and the Vietnam War became a quagmire.

　　In the March 19th 1965 issue of the American magazine Time, an article entitled “Victory at Khe Sanh” reported on the American military victory and introduced the diary of a young North Vietnamese lieutenant who had been killed. It described the arduous journey along the “Ho Chi Minh Trail” that had been ongoing since 1964. This was a supply route created by North Vietnam by clearing the jungle to transport supplies and troops to the South Vietnam Liberation Front via Laos and Cambodia. He left behind the words, “My life is very hard. I am always hungry and exposed to bombs dropped by bombers at all times.”