In recognition of the 40th anniversary of the 1968 Tet Offensive, publisher ABC-CLIO is featuring essays on this watershed event during the Vietnam War in its History and the Headlines website. The Tet overview essay is written by Dr. James Willbanks (see "The Vietnam War in Retrospect," November 2007 ACG magazine). ACG Editor in Chief and Vietnam vet, Col. ret. Jerry Morelock, wrote one of the website’s ‘Dilemma’ essays on "The Tet Offensive and the Media." To read all the essays, follow this link. Images of the Tet Offensive are presented below, click on the thumbnails for larger images.

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Image Credit: NATIONAL ARCHIVES January 31, 1968. U.S. troops fire on Viet Cong sappers attacking bachelor officers quarters in Saigon during the Tet Offensive..

Image Credit: NATIONAL ARCHIVES February 1968. Marines scale a mound of rubble as they fight their way into the NVA stronghold in the Citadel – the ancient Imperial capital’s fortress – during the battle for Hue.

Image Credit: NATIONAL ARCHIVES February 2, 1968. An M-60 machine-gunner fires in support of advancing members of the 2d Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment during street fighting in Hue City.

Image Credit: NATIONAL ARCHIVES February 5, 1968. Marines scramble for cover as their truck convoy comes under heavy fire near Hue City.

Image Credit: NATIONAL ARCHIVES Walter Cronkite and a CBS news crew use a jeep for a camera dolly during an interview with the commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment in the Battle for Hue City.

Image Credit: NATIONAL ARCHIVES February 14, 1968. A Marine artillery crew fires a 105 mm howitzer at enemy targets in the hills surrounding their base at Khe Sanh.

Image Credit: NATIONAL ARCHIVES February 24, 1968. Members of the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment move through a secured part of Hue as the battle for the city winds down.

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