30 Historical Images Of The Vietnam War

A City Under Attack

Source: https://historycollection.com

The attacks began on January 31, 1968, the first day of the Lunar New Year, Vietnam’s most important holiday. It took weeks for U.S. and South Vietnamese troops to retake all of the captured cities, including the former imperial capital of Hue. In this image, US Marines are inside the citadel in Hue during the Tet Offensive.

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