The enemy soldiers were terrified at the mere mention of her name, so much so that they offered a reward of 200 million dong (old government currency) and a 12mm mortar for anyone who could capture her.
Capturing the enemy outpost without firing a single bullet, female guerrilla Ta Thi Kieu struck fear into the enemy, met President Ho Chi Minh, and was awarded the title of Hero in 1965.
Born into a poor family with a revolutionary tradition, at the age of 16, Sau Trong took up arms and went to the battlefield, destroying tanks and shooting American soldiers.
She thought her life would be spent in monastic robes, chanting Buddhist scriptures and withdrawing from the world, but war brought her back to humanity.
Twenty-two tanks rolled slowly, ready to crush the sugarcane field where eight seriously wounded soldiers were hiding, but the unarmed female guerrilla bravely used her body to stop them.