Importance of Que Son Valley

The Que Son lay in the southern part of South Vietnam's Military Region. This land was rich with rice so the Marines valued it and wanted to control it. The Que Son Valley was also positioned well, so they could utilize it to help the South Vietnamese. The Marines were assigned to the valley several times with different tactical and artillery teams. They fought long and hard to keep this land. They thought that if they captured the rice the enemy could not feast on it. Without rice, they had no means of nutrition. This would help in their capture.