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The Battle of Khe Sanh was a brutal conflict during the Vietnam War...The Khe Sanh Combat Base was located in the Khe Sanh area of northwestern Quảng Trị Province, a coastal province of South Vietnam ...
My father was in Vietnam in 1968 and was an active combatant during the Battle of Khe Sanh, an exceptionally traumatic battle of the Vietnam War. My father never discussed his war experiences.
At first, Khe Sanh’s barren landscape presented problems for the B-52s’ radar system, which usually takes a fix on a prominent ground feature, such as a bridge or high building.
It honors Taylor, a Chattanooga native and University of Tennessee Knoxville graduate who performed a daring helicopter rescue in the Battle of Khe Sanh during the Vietnam War.
Pfc. Anthony John Pepper, a Marine from Chesterfield County, was 20 years old in April 1968 when he was killed in the Battle of Khe Sanh. In a letter that reached his family days before he died ...
Vietnam veteran shares stories of Marines’ battle at Khe Sanh Robert Maras has lived a life full of stories. He has stories from his days in law enforcement — 20 years with the Tulsa Police ...
That battle, shaping up around the U.S. Marine base of Khe Sanh in South Viet Nam’s northwest corner, could be the biggest of the war.
While Washington and Saigon worried that Khe Sanh would become another Dien Bien Phu -- the disastrous pitched battle that cost France control of Vietnam in 1954 -- the ever-optimistic ...
Khe Sanh, South Vietnam, March, 1968: U.S. Marines use sniperscopes to help zero in on North Vietnamese troops surrounding Khe Sanh during the 77-day battle at the remote outpost. (Stars and Stripes) ...