plus the New York Times and the Washington Post — decided to turn the major Communist Tet offensive against U.S. forces and South Vietnam on January 30, 1968, into an American defeat ...

Equipment from the Ho Chi Minh Trail was stored in underground tunnels and bunkers like this one, before being smuggled into South Vietnam's ... urban combat of the Tet Offensive was not something ...

The presidential election of 1968 was one of the most chaotic ... along with renewed opposition to the war in light of the North Vietnamese Tet offensive, prompted President Johnson to announce ...

The Iowa-class battleship USS New Jersey was recalled to serve off the coast of South Vietnam in 1968 at the end of the Tet ...

After meeting and taking photos with the veterans on the bridge, The News-Gazette went to the Natural Bridge Hotel, the “home ...

1965 - 200,000 American combat troops arrive in South Vietnam. 1966 - US troop numbers in Vietnam rise to 400,000, then to ...

took place in January-February 1968 during the Battle of Huế during the Tet Offensive. The city was an American supply hub. Thousands of North Vietnamese forces attacked the city, seizing much ...

It would be his home for 63 years. He joined the Army in 1965, and chose to serve 2 tours in Vietnam (1966-1968). He fought in the Tet Offensive, where he was awarded both the Purple Heart and a ...

With the election days away, look out for stunning developments that could shift the race, says Armstrong Williams, columnist ...

In 1968, the Vietcong used the cover ... Key fact Many historians see the Tet Offensive as a turning point in America’s mission in Vietnam. It’s likely to have been a factor in President ...

Military history professor Bill Allison rates Vietnam War movies ... such as the battle of Huế during the Tet Offensive in "Full Metal Jacket" (1987) and "Platoon" (1986), featuring Willem ...