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	THE BATTLE OF KHE SANH, 1968 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Khe Sanh was reinforced gradually by the U.S. military so as to not scare the enemy away.
		By computing the length of the column of soldiers from sensor readouts, the commander at Khe Sanh became convinced that a PAVN regiment was attempting to close on the base.
		Even with the claim of victory by the U.S. at Khe Sanh and during the Tet 1968 fighting in general, the psychological victory of the Vietnamese Communists during this period led to the beginning of the end for the United States in Vietnam.
	www.library.vanderbilt.edu /central/brush/BattleKheSanh1968.htm (10503 words)

	Airlift to KHE SANH
		Khe Sanh had been familiar to airlifters in Vietnam for years, as evidenced by the many visits to the remote outpost by C-123s in the early 1960s.
		Khe Sanh was only a few miles from the DMZ and equally close to Communist artillery positions in the mountains of Laos, which lay just to the west.
		Khe Sanh was not the first Allied base in Vietnam to be surrounded and have to depend on airlift for resupply until the defenders were relieved, but it was the largest.
	www.spectrumwd.com /c130/articles/khesanh.htm (2419 words)

	The Withdrawal from Khe Sanh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		After the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) surrounded the Marine position at Khe Sanh, allied forces were unable to inhibit this infiltration; it became too dangerous for the Marines to leave their base in sufficient numbers to greatly affect the movement of enemy forces.
		This base, "unlike Khe Sanh, is beyond the 17-mile range of the enemy's artillery in the demilitarized zone at the border between North Vietnam and South Vietnam," said the nameless general.
		Although the vulnerability of Khe Sanh to enemy artillery was a reason given by the military for abandoning it, one high Army official stated it was unlikely that seven other bases within the range of enemy artillery in the DMZ would be abandoned.
	www.library.vanderbilt.edu /central/brush/Withdrawal-Khe-Sanh.htm (4231 words)

	Siege of Khe Sanh
		Located a few miles from the borders of North Vietnam and Laos, Khe Sanh was heavily fortified in late '67 by Gen. William Westmoreland, and designed to carry out reconnaissance attacks on the Ho Chi Minh trail and enemy supply lines from the north.
		Khe Sanh would prove a military victory for the American forces, a psychological victory for the North Vietnamese.
		The actions around Khe Sanh Combat Base, when flashed to the world, touched off a political and public uproar as to whether or not the position should be held.
	www.vietnam-war.info /battles/siege_of_khe_sanh.php (1699 words)

	Airpower at Khe Sanh--August 1998
		In effect, the enemy at Khe Sanh re-fought the battle of Dien Bien Phu with the same equipment and tactics, seeking to tighten the noose around the base and then shelling it with artillery, rockets, and mortars.
		The first four raids at Khe Sanh resulted in many secondary explosions and fires in the area near the defensive perimeter, proof that the enemy was still using his safety zone tactics.
		Unfortunately for the United States, Khe Sanh and Tet inexplicably were perceived by press and the public to be defeats.
	www.afa.org /magazine/Aug1998/0898khesanh.asp (3392 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| Vietnam \| Strategic Crossroads at Khe Sanh
		Khe Sanh was a deadly pas de deux in which General William C. Westmoreland called the tune and General Vo Nguyen Giap paid the piper.
		For Westmoreland, Khe Sanh evolved from a reconnaissance platform to a potential invasion launch point, to a strongpoint and, finally, to a killing ground.
		When Defense Secretary Robert McNamara proposed erecting a DMZ barrier in 1966, Khe Sanh became part of it, as the westernmost point in what Westmoreland called "the strong point obstacle system." Khe Sanh was designated as one of the Marine strongpoints south of the DMZ.
	www.historynet.com /vn/blkhe_sanh (1612 words)

	Khe Sanh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Khe Sanh is the district capital of Hướng Hoá District, Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam, located 63 km west of Đông Hà.
		Khe Sanh Combat Base was a U.S. Marine outpost in South Vietnam 16°39′16″N, 106°43′51″E (MGRS 48QXD850418) used during the Vietnam War.
		On July 5, 1968, Khe Sanh was abandoned, the U.S. Army citing the vulnerability of the base to enemy artillery.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Khe_Sanh (238 words)

	Khe Sanh (song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		"Khe Sanh" is a Australian pub rock song, released by the band Cold Chisel in 1978, and named after the Battle of Khe Sanh (1968), during the Vietnam War.
		"Khe Sanh" is one of the most popular songs ever recorded by an Australian act and one generally seen as a resonant symbol of Australian culture.
		"Khe Sanh", sung by the band's lead singer, Jimmy Barnes, was released as a 45 rpm single in May 1978.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Khe_Sanh_(song) (545 words)

	I Corps Marine
		NVA presence in the Khe Sanh area increased; Khe Sanh was the nest from which the hornets stung them in Laos.
		The Khe Sanh defenders had three batteries of 105mm hoitzers, one battery of 4.2 mortars, and one battery of 155mm howitzers: all five batteries were Marine artillery.
		The objective of the reconnaissance phase was the destruction of the enemy antiaircraft resources between Ca Lu and Khe Sanh and the selection of the landing zones for use by the advancing airmobile assault forces.
	www.willpete.com /i_corps_marine.htm (3153 words)

	Khe Sanh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Khe Sanh was a U.S. Marine Corps fire support base in northern South Vietnam surrounded by mountains and dense jungle.
		In the fall of 1967, the North Vietnamese Army surrounded the Khe Sanh encampment of 6,000 Marines with 15 to 20,000 troops.
		Giap decided Khe Sanh would be the pivotal battle that would drive the Americans out of South Vietnam much like Dien Bien Phu had driven out the French in 1954.
	www.iwar.org.uk /military/resources/aspc/text/excur/ksanh1.htm (258 words)

	"Khe Sanh" - Part 1
		Although the purpose of this article is to recount ADA unit involvement during the siege of Khe Sanh, it is important to note that some of the heaviest combat engagements of 1967-68 took place in and around the hill at Con Thien.
		Khe Sanh was a very bad place then, but the airstrip there was the worst place in the world.
		It was what Khe Sanh had instead of a V-ring, the exact, predictable object of the mortars and rockets hidden in the surrounding hills, the sure target of the big Russian and Chinese guns lodged in the side of CoRoc Ridge, eleven kilometers away across the Laotian border.
	members.aol.com /lilc22197/khe_sanh.htm (1504 words)

	Remembrances of Khe Sanh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		With the introduction of Chinese advisors in the hills around Khe Sanh, we found the first evidence of the Chinese; and the commie Russians were involved by December of 1966.
		Also, 3rd Marines (reinforced) at Khe Sanh, from March 1965 'till Sept. 1967, was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation for extraordinary heroism and outstanding performance of duty in action against the North Vietnamese and Vietcong.
		This is an aerial view of Khe Sanh Valley in late 1967.
	grunt.space.swri.edu /jwodecki.htm (3723 words)

	VO-67 Association - Khe Sanh Page
		One of the surviving Chaplains from the siege, the Reverend Ray Stubbe wrote a letter to a member of a VO-67 crew member that: "Indeed, were it not for those of you that inserted these sensors, I probably would not be writing this letter or have been able to talk to you when you called.
		The exact number of North Vietnamese that took part in the siege of Khe Sanh vary, but most agree there were upwards of 20,000 NVA troops supported by tanks and anti-aircraft weapons.
		Although no official recognition has ever been given to the squadron for its actions at Khe Sanh, VO-67 is indeed proud of the role it played in helping lift the siege.
	www.vo-67.org /vo67_khe_sanh.html (530 words)

	COSMIC BASEBALL ASSOCIATION-1987 Khe Sanh Commanders
		The Khe Sanh Commanders were created and commissioned in 1987 and competed in the CBA Lucre League.
		In one sense, the battle of Khe Sanh in the province of Quang Tri in the country of Vietnam, remains a microcosm of the ambiguities so prevalent at the time, both in Vietnam and in the United States.
		Khe Sanh was Col. Lownds' first Vietnam assignment and he remained in command of the 26th Marines through the siege.
	www.cosmicbaseball.com /87kc.html (3483 words)

	khesanh
		My guess is that they came from the village pictured next and were going to the town of Khe Sanh to sell their produce.
		I was informed that initially Khe Sanh was established to support the radio relay station "Hickory" which was atop of Hill 950.
		Khe Sanh also another Dien Bien Phu for U.S. The former airstrip taken from the hill at the West end of Khe Sanh.
	www.hmm-364.org /khesanh.html (1114 words)

	The Tet Offensive
		Two NVA divisions- the 325th and the 304th were spotted moving into the Khe Sanh area and a third was positioning itself along Rout#9 where it would be able to intercept reinforcements coming in from Quang Tn.
		The two NVA divisions near Khe Sanh had fought at Dien Bien Phu and the warning was clear Westmoreland picked up the gauntlet and began to reinforce the base despite predictions of upcoming bad weather which could hinder air support and interfere with vital supply planes.
		The electronic sensors around the besieged fire-base at Khe Sanh warned of enemy preparations to assault the entrenched positions on Hill 881, which was outside the main camp.
	members.fortunecity.com /stalinmao/Vietnam/VietnamWar/tet.html (3822 words)

	Battlefield:Vietnam \| History
		Khe Sanh was one of the most remote outposts in Vietnam, but by January 1968, even President Lyndon Johnson had taken a personal interest in the base.
		With Khe Sanh facing a full-scale siege by the North Vietnamese Army, the question was being asked: Should the base be held, or should it be quietly abandoned?
		On the morning of January 21, 1968, NVA forces launched the awaited attack, and the siege of Khe Sanh had begun.
	www.pbs.org /battlefieldvietnam/khe/index.html (161 words)

	Khe Sanh Veterans Association Inc. - Military (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Khe Sanh Veterans Association, Inc. is a tax exempt, 501 (c) 19, organization and as such all donations are fully deductible.
		By May, 1984 their were 33 Khe Sanh Vets on the list and by 10 July 1984, the initial grew to 62.
		On 23 July 1988 while at the 3rd Marine Division Reunion focusing on the 20th anniversary of Tet, a group of 69 Khe Sanh Vets resolved to organize, and on Sept.1 1988 Khe Sanh Veterans, Inc., was legally incorporated in the State of Wisconsin as a not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization.
	maxpages.com /khesanhveteran - !http://maxpages.com/KHESANHVETERAN/HOME (776 words)

	Vietnam War > Events > Khe Sanh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Battle of Khe Sanh begins on January 20th.
		The Marines base can only be reinforced by air, and the Americansland 5,000 bombs daily in defense of the troops in Khe Sanh.
		In early April,Operation Pegasus is launched to relieve Khe Sanh, finally lifting the seigeon April 14th.
	www.multied.com /vietnam/KheSan.html (78 words)

	Khe Sanh
		Despite the fact that Khe Sanh was encircled by enemy troops, the U.S. Defense Department claimed that the fortress blocked five avenues of infiltration from
		Another reason for holding Khe Sanh was its importance as the western anchor of the McNamara Line, a high-technology barrier designed to impede the flow of Communist troops and supplies into
		NVA attacked Marines in their night defensive positions around Khe Sanh.
	www.foxco-2ndbn-9thmarines.com /khe_sanh.htm (2319 words)

	Buddy's Bemusings: 'Purple Foxes' and the Marine warriors of Hill 881S at Khe Sanh, 1968
		Each side had their plans for Khe Sanh, a small, insignificant village area and surrounding hills near the strategic borders with Laos and North Vietnam.
		The NVA plan, overseen by General Vo Nguyen Giap was simple, surround Khe Sanh with troops and artilliary and hope for a victory that could emulate the shattering defeat of the French forces at Dien Bien Phu in 1954.
		The enemy, deployed to take advantage of short lines of communications, rugged mountainous terrain, jungle, and adverse weather conditions, was determined to destroy the Khe Sanh Combat Base in conjunction with large scale offensive operations in the two northern provinces of the Republic of Vietnam.
	gbuddy.blogspot.com /2006/05/purple-foxes-and-marine-warriors-of.html (3080 words)

	Khe Sanh Bomb Damage
		Near the lower right corner, a grease-pencil mark encircles the US Marine base at Khe Sanh, and you can barely see the outline of the runway with clouds etched around.
		In this region NW of Khe Sanh, it was believed that either two or three (I don't have my books out to crosscheck) NVA Divisions were massing to eventually overrun the Marine base with it's 4,000 defenders and create the American Dien Bien Phu that would drive us out of the war.
		During the 70+day siege of Khe Sanh that followed TET-68, the NVA suffered tens of thousands of casualties within the region covered by this picture.
	www.tlc-brotherhood.org /khe_sanh.htm (517 words)

	Report from Khe Sanh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Fighting around Khe Sanh had been reported for weeks.
		As was typical of the Vietnam war, the Americans would take a location after destroying all the countryside around it, but would eventually have to give it up as soon as they moved a majority of the troops somewhere else.
		Khe Sanh was taken and lost several times.
	kronykronicle.com /1968/Khe_Sanh.html (76 words)

	Return to Khe Sanh Combat Base--1993 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Tchepone was the objective of the invasion into Laos by the ARvn in 1972, an operation that was launched from the abandoned base at Khe Sanh.
		It was 68 kilometers distance to Khe Sanh, and the road crossed forty-nine bridges.
		My guidebook mentioned that the only thing recognizable at the Khe Sanh Combat Base was the old airstrip, as nothing grew there even after twenty-five years.
	grunt.space.swri.edu /khesanh.htm (3533 words)

	Khe Sanh Combat Base
		Vietnam added a few more and Khe Sanh was one of them.
		of Khe Sanh's runway, in what was the aircraft turnaround.
		Ron and Grace Zaczek at Khe Sanh's "Liberated Base Monument" under monsoon.
	www.scarface-usmc.org /khe_sanh_combat_base.htm (373 words)

	Khe Sanh Combat Base - Vietnam
		Khe Sanh becomes a stratigic base because of it's location, and it is
		Khe Sanh, still under heavy attacks needed desperately to be re-supplied on
		Khe Sanh was held after 77 days and nights of receiving the best that the
	members.tripod.com /~DARTO/index.html (5000 words)

	Khe Sanh Combat Base Vietnam
		When I arrived at Khe Sanh from Dong Ha in mid January 1967 there were only
		The dirt at Khe Sanh was red, then when monsoon rains started it became red clay
		Khe Sanh Combat Base South Vietnam was in the corner of Quang
	www.homestead.com /myadoptedpowmia/KheSanh.html (2302 words)

	KHE SANH AND POEMS
		August 17 - Khe Sanh airfield closed to normal traffic for repair of runway.
		LZ Snake west of Khe Sanh and kills 78 North Vietnamese.
		Khe Sanh is now in the history books,
	members.aol.com /messerball/khesanhandpoems.html (1809 words)

	Moïse's Bibliography: Têt and Khe Sanh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Climax: Têt and the Battle of Khe Sanh
		Corbett, a Marine private, arrived in Vietnam at the beginning of January, 1968, and was immediately sent to Khe Sanh, where he served in the 81mm mortar platoon of Headquarters & Service Company, 26th Marine Regiment.
		He was in Vietnam until January 1969, but the book is mainly devoted to his time at Khe Sanh, January to April 1968.
	www.clemson.edu /caah/history/facultypages/EdMoise/tet.html (2921 words)

	Hill 881 KHE SANH 1967
		NVA presence in the Khe Sanh area increased; Khe Sanh was the nest from which
		Apr, 2/3 was transported by helicopter and fixed wing to Khe Sanh.
		Sanh on 26 Apr, arrived at 1600H and commenced movment in trace of 2/3 at 1620H.
	www.namvets.com /Reading/hill_881_khe_sanh_1967.htm (18927 words)

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