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The Battle of Ap Bac, fought on January 2, 1963, marked the first major combat test of the South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) against the Viet Cong (VC) insurgency during the Vietnam War. The battle occurred in the Mekong Delta region of South Vietnam, near the village of Ap Bac, and was intended to be a swift ARVN victory against a smaller enemy force. However, the battle did not go as planned for the South Vietnamese and their American advisors.