The Administrative Building for the City of Quang Tri is captured. Soldiers discard the South Vietnam flag for one of their own. Quickly raising the new flag was considered important for the morale of the troops and as a symbol of control for the civilian population. Notice that although the April 1972 attack and capture of Quang Tri was done by regular units of the North Vietnamese Army the flag is that of the Viet Cong. International politics at the ground level. Guerilla fighters made up of farmers and workers fighting an internal revolution with tanks and heavy artillery. Sure.

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