Reflections on Vietnam Looking back fifty years ago to the 1968 North Vietnamese Tet offensive, I decided to write a series of blogs to jar the memory of those who lived though that era and who may not recall some of the facts and statistics of that controversial conflict. Plus, half of our current population […]
Hue -1968: The Beginning of the End of the War in Vietnam?
Hue 1968: The Beginning of the End? During the Chinese New Year, Tet ’68, The North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and the Viet Cong (VC) launched a major offensive in South Vietnam on January 30th. They hoped to spark a general uprising of the local inhabitants, cause Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) defections, and […]