Saigon, South Vietnam, May 10, 1968: Refugees flee burning buildings near Tan Son Nhut air base. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces started shelling more than 120 provincial capitals, towns and ...
Retired Lt. Col. Tyrus Cobb briefed the membership of the local Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) and guests about his experience as the senior adviser to the South Vietnamese Parachute ...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 1968 (UPI) - President Johnson Friday termed the Viet Cong attacks on major South Vietnamese cities "a complete failure" militarily and said they would force no change in American ...
Saigon, Vietnam, May 5, 1968: Army of the Republic of Vietnam soldiers guard a captured and blindfolded Viet Cong fighter in a jeep. End of April 1968 the VC and North Vietnamese launched an attack ...
On the night of January 29, 1968, I’m in Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam. ‘Still (?),’ the city remains calm. The ...
In a rare exception, the government honors 49 special operations soldiers who died in covert missions during the resistance ...
For Vietnam veterans and their families the year 1968 meant dreading the daily news. The year had begun with reports of increased Viet Cong activity, but the U.S. military command in Vietnam gave ...
1936 – 2008A deep humanity guided the legendary Magnum photographer over decadesdocumenting the toll of war A U.S. soldier takes a firing position during a battle in Saigon in 1968.Griffiths' most ...