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Operation Niagara: Siege of Khe Sanh The thing that broke the back of the NVA at Khe Sanh in 1968 was the fire of the B-52s. |
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Battle for Saigon In the Tet Offensive of 1968, the Viet Cong prepared carefully for its objectives inside the "Saigon Circle." The result would be a plethora of battles -- and battles within battles. |
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Attack on Quang Tri City During the Vietnam War Like Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, Quang Tri City was a vital communications crossroads that the enemy had to take in January of 1968. |
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Vietnam John M. Carland |
Interview with NVA General Tran Van Tra The field commander of military operations in the South, Tran Van Tra was North Vietnam's counterpart to General William Westmoreland. |
Vietnam October 2007 William A. Barry |
Air Power in the Siege of Khe Sanh Tactical airlift and aerial fire support during the 77-day siege were key to averting an American Dien Bien Phu and defeating the NVA at Khe Sanh. |
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Desperate Hours During Tet: Inside MACV Headquarters As General William Westmoreland's chief of staff at the time of the 1968 Tet Offensive, Maj. Gen. Walter 'Dutch' Kerwin had a key seat with the military inner circle during one of the most critical events of the war. |
Vietnam Don North |
VC Assault on the U.S. Embassy An American reporter witnessed the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Saigon during the Tet Offensive -- and experienced firsthand the strain between the press and the military. |
Vietnam Bernard B. Fall |
Dien Bien Phu: A Battle to Remember Fifty years ago, the French garrison at Dien Bien Phu fell to the Viet Minh, in one of the 20th century's most decisive battles. |
Vietnam William L. Adams |
Conversation With the NVA Interviews with a top North Vietnam Army general and two former soldiers provide important insights into the other side's view of the Vietnam war. |
Vietnam Nicoud & Darragh |
Foreign Legion Specialized Units in Indochina Although best known as one of the finest light infantry forces in the world, the French Foreign Legion had many specialized units in Indochina. |
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Vietnam War: The Individual Rotation Policy The individual rotation policy was, in hindsight, clearly one of the worst ideas of the war. At the time, however, military planners had few options. |
Vietnam October 2007 |
Letters From Readers An American Child in War-Torn Saigon... FSB Thunder III, Revisited... General Ngo Quang Truong... etc. |
TIME Asia November 14, 2011 Geoffrey Cain |
Good Intentions In his 1955 classic The Quiet American, Graham Greene adroitly foresaw the tragic and absurd quality that came to characterize U.S. intervention in Vietnam. |
Vietnam February 2007 |
Letters from Readers Fire Support Base Thunder III... Naval Gunfire Support... James Megellas... Operation Babylift... etc. |
Outside March 2005 |
Motorcyling on Vientam's Ho Chi Minh Trail A North Vietnamese war veteran, Cuong, will be your guide, offering his unique perspective on historic landmarks like the birthplace of the trail's namesake revolutionary; the hand-dug underground Cu Chi Tunnels, safe havens for Viet Cong fighters and villagers |
Vietnam April 2007 |
Letters from Readers Rear Echelon Serviceman... Counting the Days... A War Reporter Returns to Vietnam... etc. |