Battle for Danang: The 1968 TET Offensive (No Safe Spaces Book

Battle for Danang: The 1968 TET Offensive (No Safe Spaces Book 3)

During the 1968 TET offensive, 85,000 North Vietnamese Army troops and local Viet Cong launched attacks on cities and military installations across South Vietnam. One of their targets was Danang, the second largest city in South Vietnam and home to a massive military installation including the airbase. On January 29, several thousand NVA troops came out of their mountain hiding places and moved toward their objective, the military base at Danang. Only a handful would make it inside the perimeter of the military base. Hundreds would die trying. In one case, an entire NVA Battalion was wiped out by a 12-man Marine recon team with artillery and air support before they got within 20 miles of Danang.

A week later, there would be another push toward Danang from the southwest by a force of 1,500 NVA. Thirty Marines from a small combat base on Hill 41, supported by one tank and a 106mm recoilless rifle, would block the path of the NVA and stop them. People who were in Danang during the TET offensive, and their families, should read this story to know why the NVA and Viet Cong did not reach them in large numbers.
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2018-10-27
Format Kindle eBook

Battle for Danang: The 1968 TET Offensive (No Safe Spaces Book 3)