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U.S. casualty rate reaches record high - Feb 17, 1968 - HISTORY.com
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American officials in Saigon report an all-time high weekly rate of U.S. casualties–543 killed in action and 2,547 wounded in the previous seven days. These losses were a result of the heavy fighting during the communist Tet Offensive.
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Lessons Learned: The Tet Offensive
At the end of January 1968, the North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces launched surprise attacks in cities and villages across South Vietnam just as the countr...
Thanks for the sad reminder SP5 Mark Kuzinski that during the week ending on Saturday Feb 17, 1968 U.S. casualty rate reaches record high 543 killed in action and 2,547 wounded since Sunday Feb 11.
TET 1968 was costly for our soldiers and marines but much more so for the NVA and VC.
Sadly the NVA were able to leverage their tactical defeat into a strategic victory by essentially commandeering our news networks to broadcast their messages.
"At the end of January 1968, the North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces launched surprise attacks in cities and villages across South Vietnam just as the country was starting to celebrate Tet, the Vietnamese lunar new year. After being caught off guard, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces repulsed the attacks and inflicted heavy losses. Although the Tet Offensive proved to be a failure on the battlefield for the Vietcong, it helped turn public opinion in the United States against the war and persuaded President Lyndon Johnson not to run for reelection.
James M. Lindsay, CFR's senior vice president and director of studies, says the Tet Offensive demonstrates a cardinal rule of politics: never overpromise and under-deliver. The Johnson administration had said prior to the 1968 offensive that the war effort was making progress. Tet created a "credibility gap" once the public saw that the war wasn't headed for a quick end. "
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ssdK5hHe7s
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC Orlando Illi LTC (Join to see) LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Capt Seid Waddell Capt Jeff S. CPT Jack Durish MSgt Robert C Aldi SFC Stephen King MSgt Danny Hope SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SGT Gregory Lawritson Cpl Craig Marton SGT (Join to see) Maj Marty Hogan
TET 1968 was costly for our soldiers and marines but much more so for the NVA and VC.
Sadly the NVA were able to leverage their tactical defeat into a strategic victory by essentially commandeering our news networks to broadcast their messages.
"At the end of January 1968, the North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces launched surprise attacks in cities and villages across South Vietnam just as the country was starting to celebrate Tet, the Vietnamese lunar new year. After being caught off guard, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces repulsed the attacks and inflicted heavy losses. Although the Tet Offensive proved to be a failure on the battlefield for the Vietcong, it helped turn public opinion in the United States against the war and persuaded President Lyndon Johnson not to run for reelection.
James M. Lindsay, CFR's senior vice president and director of studies, says the Tet Offensive demonstrates a cardinal rule of politics: never overpromise and under-deliver. The Johnson administration had said prior to the 1968 offensive that the war effort was making progress. Tet created a "credibility gap" once the public saw that the war wasn't headed for a quick end. "
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ssdK5hHe7s
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC Orlando Illi LTC (Join to see) LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Capt Seid Waddell Capt Jeff S. CPT Jack Durish MSgt Robert C Aldi SFC Stephen King MSgt Danny Hope SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SGT Gregory Lawritson Cpl Craig Marton SGT (Join to see) Maj Marty Hogan
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SSG David Andrews MSgt John McGowan SGT Gregory Lawritson Cpl (Join to see) Erin Nelson LTC (Join to see) PO3 John Wagner Sgt Randy Wilber MSgt Robert "Rock" Aldi SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL LTC Stephen C. SGT Jim Arnold PO3 Bob McCord SPC Margaret Higgins
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