Battle of Khe Sanh facts for kids
The Battle of Khe Sanh was a battle of the Vietnam War during the Tet Offensive. The battle was fought from 21 January to 9 July 1968. Khe Sanh was an important target for communist Vietnamese soldiers to attack because it was a city near the North Vietnam-South Vietnam border and there was a US-South Vietnamese military base nearby. While the US and South Vietnamese militaries fought off communist soldiers in most of the battlezones within 2 months, the Battle of Khe Sanh lasted much longer. It was one of the longest and deadliest battles in the war.
Images for kids
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Map of northern Quảng Trị Province
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Combat on Hill 875, the most intense of the battles around Dak To
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The Khe Sanh Valley
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The Hill Fights
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Dispositions of opposing forces, January 1968
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US Navy OP-2E Neptune of VO-67, a variant of a naval patrol bomber and antisubmarine warfare aircraft specifically developed for the Muscle Shoals mission
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National Security Advisor Walt W. Rostow showing President Lyndon B. Johnson a model of the Khe Sanh area, 15 February 1968
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Attack on Lang Vei
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A C-130 delivering supplies with LAPES
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Super Gaggle: CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters with sling loads (top) and A-4 Skyhawk provided suppressive fire.
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The Khe Sanh perimeter, 28 February 1968: A white dotted line indicates a PAVN trench just 200 m from 37th ARVN Rangers along the southern perimeter of Khe Sanh.
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An Army 175-mm M107 at Camp Carroll provides fire support for ground forces
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Marine Corps sniper team searches for targets in the Khe Sanh Valley
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Soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division moving towards Khe Sanh Combat Base during Operation Pegasus
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3/4 Marines memorial service at the base
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General Wallace Greene, Commandant of the Marine Corps (l), Lieutenant General Robert Cushman, III MAF Commander (c), and General William Westmoreland (r)
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Khe Sanh airstrip, December 2006
See also
In Spanish: Sitio de Khe Sanh para niños
