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Tet Offensive: Deadliest year of the Vietnam War

Relive the intensity of 1968, the deadliest year of the Vietnam War, marked by the Tet Offensive. This video explores the surprise attacks launched across South Vietnam, the brutal urban combat, and ...
Monday marks the 55th anniversary of the Tet Offensive, which deserves to remembered not only as perhaps the most pivotal battle of the Vietnam War but also for its profound, lasting leadership ...
Leo Perlmutter thought a pimple on his forehead was bleeding; it was shrapnel. And 58 years later, the Vietnam veteran ...
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - This year, we marked a half-century since the end of the Vietnam War. Those who served in the conflict have unique stories to share about their time in Vietnam and the reception ...
The surprise military offensive in 1968 -- launched by the communist north on the eve of the Tet lunar new year -- targeted more than 100 cities and outposts in southern Vietnam. The assault ...
When John Bagwell was shipped off to Vietnam during the war, he was told he’d be safe. After all, he was a DJ. His job was to keep soldiers’ morale high, not to fight. Bagwell’s tour of duty took a ...
EDITOR'S NOTE – Early on the morning of Jan. 31, 1968, as Vietnamese celebrated the Lunar New Year, or Tet as it is known locally, Communist forces launched a wave of coordinated surprise attacks ...
In January 1968, during the Lunar New Year (or “Tet”) holiday, North Vietnamese and communist Viet Cong forces launched a coordinated attack against a number of targets in South Vietnam. The U.S. and ...
A group of auto body students in New York State are refurbishing a piece of American history as they work on a Vietnam-era helicopter whose pilot was killed in battle back in 1968. The class at ...
An American 1st Air Cavalry helicopter airlifts supplies into a Marine outpost during Operation Pegasus in Vietnam in ...