Le Quan Cong was a South Vietnamese communist guerilla and soldier who fought against both French and American forces, and also Vietnamese anti-communist forces during the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War.
[1] After South Vietnam's president Ngo Dinh Diem incarcerated tens of thousands of citizens and executed hundreds in an anti-communist campaign, Le Quan Cong was one of the Viet Cong who took up arms against Diem's right-wing government.
[1] Cong stated that he and other villagers used machetes early in the fighting when they did not have access to guns.
Cong and fellow soldiers were able to destroy a series of American helicopters sent as reinforcements to the village.
By contrast he stated that Viet Cong forces were more likely to maintain their positions in these contexts.