The Battle of Khe Sanh began 50 years ago this week when roughly 20,000 North Vietnamese troops surrounded an isolated combat base held by roughly 5,500 Marines.

January 21 marked the 50th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Khe Sanh. The battle started with around 20,000 men from the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) fighting against some 6,000 US Marines ...

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 ...

But a major battle did occur at Khe Sanh—one that prevented the bloody hand-to-hand battle on the ground that many military men had anticipated.

The troops fighting at Khe Sanh were young, many in their late teens. Horchler, who had “celebrated” his 21st birthday a month before the battle started, was one of the “older guys.” ...

Cove veteran recalls battle of Khe Sanh Ron Rees knew a firestorm awaited him when his plane touched down 50 years ago in Khe Sanh, South Vietnam. What he did not know was where to run.

Sargent, 82, was a gunnery sergeant in Khe Sanh -- and, at 33, an "old man" among a group of guys in their 20s. Plourde, 70, was a Marine private first class who carried an M60 machine gun during ...

Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of one of the most significant battles of the Vietnam War – the Battle of Khe Sanh. Across the U.S., groups of Vietnam veterans will gather to ...

A 19-year-old rifleman, this was Kimball's welcome into the Battle of Khe Sanh, 77 days of a bloody siege in Vietnam. Kimball said it was by the grace of God that he got out alive and he, ...

SAN DIEGO — When the battle was over, Marines who fought in Vietnam labeled Hill 881 South “a deadly killing zone” in the long siege of Khe Sanh.

At Khe Sanh: February 22 - April 14, 1968. First Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, ... verdant land that in this very place in early 1968 took place the bloodiest battle of the Vietnam War.