On July 19, 1968, just as the Vietnam War was reaching its climax, the Binh Linh area on the outskirts of Binh City near the 17th parallel of north latitude was exploded by fragments of phosphorus bombs dropped by the US military. A fire burned up, releasing black smoke, and the burned forest disappeared. Suddenly, the American troops swooped down and dropped bombs that exploded. The area around the village of Binh Quang was also bombarded from U.S. Navy gunfire. Bui Chung, a Vietnamese junior high school student, was attacked by phosphorus shells from the southern part of the 17th parallel north. His entire body was covered with phosphorus and he received severe burns. Even on the front lines, Vietnamese children were risking their lives to go to school. Every time the gauze was changed, the phosphorus remaining on the surface of the body emitted white smoke when it came in contact with the air. The white phosphorus burned their bodies even while they were alive.
The phosphorus, which ignites when it comes in contact with the air, is used as a bomb to kill with intense pain. If the phosphorus penetrates into the body, the phosphorus will continue to burn for a while. The phosphorus bomb is sealed inside a thick bullet body, and the fragments of the bullet body also kill. The U.S. military drops a combination of bombs and phosphorus bombs and is abused and massacred by both. They not only killed and maimed the Vietnamese, but also threatened them with the extreme pain of living hell.
On November 1, 1968, the U.S. military had no choice but to announce a halt to North Vietnamese bombing. Especially from April 1 to October 31, 1968, just before the U.S. stopped bombing North Vietnam, a huge amount of devastating and disastrous air strikes were dropped on North Vietnam. However, the Vietnam War was still ongoing, and bombing and shelling was dropped not only on North Vietnam, but also on South Vietnam and Laos. The U.S. government threatened North Vietnam with a resumption of North Vietnamese bombing at the Paris talks. In addition, life collapsed in the vicinity of the 17th parallel in Vietnam where the North Vietnamese bombing intensified, and they denounced the war crimes of American militarism and called for a halt to North Vietnamese bombing.
