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| Operation Sunrise | |||||
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| Part of the Vietnam War | |||||
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 Republic of Vietnam |
 Viet Cong | ||||
Operation Sunrise was a test of the Strategic Hamlet Program. Peasants living in the four provinces surrounding Saigon were relocated by force to Strategic Hamlets. Only 4 of the planned 14 hamlets were finished, with the main hamlet, Ben Tuong, in a bad shape. Ben Tuong was overrun by Viet Cong forces in August 1963
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