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Khe Sanh - Vietnam Memoirs
khe sanh . Army Air Defenders Defend Besieged Marine Combat Base Story and Photos by Bruce Geiger khe sanh Combat Base, site of the most famous siege and one of the most controversial battles of the American Vietnam War, sits silently on a barren plateau surrounded by vegeta- tion-covered hills often obscured by mist and fog. It is hard to imagine as you stand in this peaceful, verdant land that in this very place in early 1968 took place the bloodiest battle of the Vietnam War.. But little things help you picture what the history books say happen here. The outline of the airfield remains distinct (to this day nothing will grow on it). In places, the ground is literally carpeted with bullets and rusting shell casings. Vietnam , A Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit . "There is no feeling in the world as good as being airborne out of khe sanh ", wrote Michael Herr in Dis- patches, one of the Vietnam War's most celebrated books, but that was thirty years ago.
“Khe Sanh Combat Base, site of the most famous siege and one of the most controversial battles of the American Vietnam War, sits silently on a barren plateau surrounded by vegeta-
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