Shelling of Cai Lay schoolyard

Shelling of Cai Lay schoolyard
Part of Vietnam War
Location	Cai Lậy District, Định Tường province, Vietnam
Date	30 August 1973
Attack type	Bombing
Weapon	Artillery Bombardment
Deaths	32
Injured	55
Perpetrators	Viet Cong

The shelling was an attack on a Cai Lậy District government-controlled schoolyard in Cai Lậy town, Định Tường province, South Vietnam on 30 August 1973,^[1] by Viet Cong forces. The shelling was centered on the districts of Cái Bè and Cai Lậy, areas of traditional VC control in Định Tường Province in the northern delta.

The US Government called the bombardment part of "the terrorist campaign of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam." According to the U.S., 32 students were killed and 55 others injured.^[2] The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam and South Vietnam each blamed the other for the attack.^[3]

References

1. "New Vietcong Drive To Cut Saigon Link With Delta Reported". The New York Times. 30 August 1973. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
2. "Tập san Bộ Ngoại giao Hoa Kỳ". 1974-08-04.
3. "Message Text". AAD Archives.