Mu mwaka wa 1968, mu gihe cy’intambara ya Vietnam, abasirikare b’Abanyamerika bari barashoboye kugirana umubano mwiza n’abaturage bo mu mudugudu wa Dak Nhe, aho bari bashyize icyicaro cyabo cyo gukurikirana ibikorwa bya Viet Cong.

Ariko ibintu bihinduka ubwo Captain T.C. Doyle, umusirikare mushya, atanga shokola ku bana bo mu mudugudu. Iyo shokola ituma ingabo za North Vietnam Army (NVA) bamenya ko uwo mudugudu ukorana n’Abanyamerika. Nk’igihano, NVA yica inzovu yera yera y’icyubahiro y’uwo mudugudu, yari igomba kwifashishwa mu birori by’umuco.