But a major battle did occur at Khe Sanh—one that prevented the bloody hand-to-hand battle on the ground that many military men had anticipated. It was a battle of the air might of the U.S ...

Thus, after 76 harrowing days, the siege of Khe Sanh last week came to an ironic end. What had loomed as the great set-piece battle, a la Dienbienphu, of the entire war—the ultimate test of ...

The NVA battle plan called for the encirclement of the Khe Sanh Combat Base with artillery, cutting off of Route 9 to prevent American supplies and reinforcements, and mass infantry attacks on the ...

The Battle of Khe Sanh was a brutal conflict during the Vietnam War...The Khe Sanh Combat Base was located in the Khe Sanh area of northwestern Quảng Trị Province, a coastal province of South ...