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The U.S. Marine Corps in the Vietnam War
www.vietnamwar50th.comThe January 31 Tet Offensive – the massive offensive the North Vietnamese launched against South Vietnam in 105 cities on the Tet Lunar Year – was largely repulsed by U.S. Marines and South Vietnamese forces. This was not the case at Hue, a city where Marines fought for 26 days before expelling the North Vietnamese. The Marines also
Soviet Deception in the Cuban Missile Crisis
www.cia.govVietnamese units before the Tet offensive in 1968 and Egyptian forces before crossing the Suez Canal in 1973. 3 Close-hold Planning . Gen. Anatoli Gribkov—then a senior member of the Soviet General Staff— provides revealing insights into the early planning of the operation. He says
U.S . MARINES IN VIETNAM
www.marines.milThe year 1968 was the year of the Tet Offensive including Khe Sanh and Hue City . These were momentous events in the course of the war and they occurred in the first three months