??ng L?c Junction (Vietnamese: ngã ba ??ng L?c) was a strategic road T-junction at the beginning of the Ho Chi Minh trail which was extensively bombed by American forces during the Vietnam War. Although it is often referred to a "crossroads" in English sources, a crossroads is ngã t? (4-junction), whereas a T-junction is ngã ba (3-junction).
??ng L?c Junction belongs to ??ng L?c commune, Can L?c District, Hà T?nh Province and is located on the Ho Chi Minh trail through the Annamite Range (dãy núi Tr??ng S?n) at the intersection of Highway 15A and Route 2 Hà T?nh Province.
The crossroads is now mainly remembered for the memorial to ten young unmarried girls aged 17-22 who were youth volunteers helping with logistics at the T-junction. At noon on 24 July 1968, on the 15th day of bombing, a bomb fell very close to the mouth of the tunnel where the 10 girls were hiding killing them all. The story of the ten girls was made into a film Ngã ba ??ng L?c The Girls at Dong Loc Crossroads (1997) directed by L?u Tr?ng Ninh starring Thúy H??ng, H??ng Dung, Ng?c Dung, Y?n Vy, and Xuân B?c.
The location today is a shrine.
Video ??ng L?c Junction
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