An Lộc is a ward of the town of Bình Long in Bình Phước Province in southern Vietnam. It is located approximately 90 km north of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City). The town was formerly part of Bình Long Province before merger with Phước Long Province to create Bình Phước Province.
The town became famous during the Vietnam War, as the location of a major battle and Boeing B-52 Stratofortress air strike in 1972. Today the town has a mass grave memorial with 3,000 bodies.
Here below is an amazing collection of Kodak Instamatic photos taken by American photographer John L. Beck that show everyday life of An Loc, Vietnam in 1968 while he was in the military in Viet Nam from 1968 and 1969.
Neighborhood kids, An Loc, Binh Long Province, Viet Nam, 1968
Neighbors smoking, An Loc, Binh Long Province, Viet Nam, 1968
Neighbors, An Loc, Binh Long Province, Viet Nam, 1968
Neighbors, An Loc, Binh Long Province, Viet Nam, 1968
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