Nguyen Ngoc Nham. As a 34-year-old lieutenant he commanded 1 Company 2nd Go Mon Battalion of the independent regiment Quyet Thang “Determined to Win." Two battalions of the Quyet Thang, some 200 men, carried out the ambush of Charlie Company. A native of Ben Tre province in the Mekong Delta his military career began as a 16-year old Viet Minh guerrilla fighting the French. By March 2, 1968 Nham had also undergone 10 years of training in North Vietnamese military schools.