Quảng Ngãi province was one of the first provinces in central Vietnam ( together with Quảng Trị ) to organize self-defense units in March 1945 . The Ba Tơ Guerrilla Unit mobilized tens of thousands of peasants . It was known as a Việt Cộng stronghold during the Vietnam War and was the site of the purported Bình Hòa massacre ( 1966 ) and the My Lai Massacre ( 1968 ) , as well as Operations Malheur I and Malheur II and Operation Quyet Thang 202 . Quảng Ngãi was known to be a Viet Cong stronghold during the war , and the site of numerous ambushes and attacks against ARVN and American troops , particularly at night . The province produced famous war literature on both sides of the conflict : The now-famous wartime diary of Viet Cong medic Đặng Thùy Trâm was written here , and from an American perspective , Quảng Ngãi Province is the major setting of Tim O'Brien 's '' The Things They Carried ''
Bình Hòa massacre
Bình Hòa massacre
Quảng Ngãi Province