Please tell us your name as well as when you entered the army.

Yes, sir. I am Sergeant Tran Ngoc Luong I entered the army in late 1964... in Vietnam.

Please tell us where your unit was located.

My unit was the 43rd Battalion of the Special Forces which belonged to the IV Corps. It was a logistic unit stationing in Vinh Long province.

Did you ever take part in military operations into Cambodia?

Yes, I did.

Please describe the operations into Kampuchea and when they took place. And did you meet with strong resistance from the Communists? What were the developments of the operations, how many guns were captured as well as how much rice, etc?

Yes. As far as I know, during the operation into Kampuchea we moved from Can Tho to Moc Hoa by motor vehicles. From Moc Hoa on, we rode in tanks, sixteen-wheel trucks and twelve-wheel trucks in order to cross over to Kampuchea. During this operation, we fought the enemy very fiercely. And enemy's resistance was also ferocious. But because of effective support by airplanes we were able to reach our target area and killed about 250 on the spot. And we were able to capture 2,000 pieces of weaponry of all kinds and about two tons of rice.

These amounts were captured by your own unit alone?

Yes, only by my unit.

Please tell us whether during this military operation you received effective and sufficient support from the American forces.

Yes, we did.

What did this include?

The American support came in the form of air and artillery support.

In general, you had sufficient weapons during this operation?

Yes, fully sufficient.

When you crossed the border into Kampuchea, what was the morale of the soldiers?

As far as troop morale was concerned, it was very high. This was because the Communist had stormed over to attack Moc Hoa. So the superiors ordered the operation as a counterattack. And they cooperated with the Red Khmers. Because of this, the soldiers of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam were outraged and we were very eager to fight.