{"id":106270,"date":"2020-10-17T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T16:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=106270"},"modified":"2020-10-17T10:49:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T14:49:13","slug":"vietnam-the-attack-on-khe-sanh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=106270","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam – The Marines at Khe Sanh 1968"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 2nd link below is to a video regarding the 1968 Battle for Khe Sanh, a USMC base built in the northern highlands of Vietnam.\u00a0 The video is narrated and is restored color, transferred to video.<\/p>\n

The attack on the Khe Sanh base came ahead of the Tet Offensive, starting on 21 January 1968 and essentially ending 30 March 1968, but actually lasting until 9 July 1968. In retrospect, it may have been a distraction that Giap used initially to cover his setups for Tet. He reported to Thanh, and disagreed with Thanh’s plans, but was not prohibited from starting the attack on the Tet base, and later, the start of the Tet offensive.<\/p>\n

Westmoreland wanted 200,000 more troops sent to Vietnam. That got squelched.<\/p>\n

The engagement would be one of the deadliest days at Khe Sanh for the men of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion<\/b>,\u00a026th Marine Regiment<\/b>, with 27 killed, one taken prisoner and 19 wounded, according to survivors and official reports.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/special-reports\/vietnam-at-50-legacy\/the-bloody-battle-of-khe-sanh-77-days-under-siege-1.314627<\/a><\/p>\n

When the ammo dump was hit during the initial VC\/NVA shelling and exploded, it was as bad as if the barrage by the NVA and VC had been within 10 feet of the base instead of in the surrounding jungle. The shelling at night was bad enough, because the NVA and VC had their artillery on wheels and could move around at will, but the rocket launches also gave away their positions because of the flash at launch. It was worse in the daytime. And because it was winter, and the bitter cold winds of the north blew down off the Annamese Cordillera, it also rained or occasionally snowed up in the north.<\/p>\n

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