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The Vietnam War: The Battle of Khe Sanh
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The Vietnam War: The Battle of Khe Sanh
Published on Sep 2, 2016
It was the longest and deadliest battle of the Vietnam War, with arguments still raging about what actually took place.
A political chess game, American soldiers were caught in enemy territory with little or no strategy and casualties soared. US soldiers were the pawns of sacrifice in a situation beyond their control.
Skeletons of the dead enemy hung from barbed wire. No helicopter could survive for more than 25 seconds before coming under fire. In the US, the nation looked on in horror. No precedent existed for such a ferocious conflict.
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TSgt Joe C. SFC William Farrell PO1 William "Chip" Nagel LTC Stephen F. SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas Maj Marty Hogan MSG Andrew White SGT (Join to see) SGT Philip Roncari SPC Margaret Higgins SrA Christopher Wright SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SP5 Michael Rathbun SSG Diane R. CW5 Jack Cardwell]] Cynthia Croft SSgt Harvey "Skip" Porter COL Mikel J. Burroughs ] SN Greg Wright SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4
The Vietnam War: The Battle of Khe Sanh
Published on Sep 2, 2016
It was the longest and deadliest battle of the Vietnam War, with arguments still raging about what actually took place.
A political chess game, American soldiers were caught in enemy territory with little or no strategy and casualties soared. US soldiers were the pawns of sacrifice in a situation beyond their control.
Skeletons of the dead enemy hung from barbed wire. No helicopter could survive for more than 25 seconds before coming under fire. In the US, the nation looked on in horror. No precedent existed for such a ferocious conflict.
Category
Film & Animation
License
Standard YouTube License
TSgt Joe C. SFC William Farrell PO1 William "Chip" Nagel LTC Stephen F. SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas Maj Marty Hogan MSG Andrew White SGT (Join to see) SGT Philip Roncari SPC Margaret Higgins SrA Christopher Wright SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SP5 Michael Rathbun SSG Diane R. CW5 Jack Cardwell]] Cynthia Croft SSgt Harvey "Skip" Porter COL Mikel J. Burroughs ] SN Greg Wright SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4
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I was with 1st Bn 26th Marines, That fought in, "The Battle for Khe Sanh." Yes we were out numbered, some say by 10 to 1. All most of us knew if we did not hold the base, we were going to die. During the siege, it was so intense planes could not land to resupply us. So they dropped them by air. So many stories and so many lost in Battle. SEMPER FI
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SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D
God blessed you my Brother and that is why you are here today to write about and others of us are here to read it.
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Our Government, Put the screws to us putting us in a defense position, when we always fought on the offense. All the men that died at Khe Sanh would be here today if it wasn't for two men. Johnson and Westmoreland. SEMPER FI
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