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1968 Tet Offensive Remembered

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tet008.jpg Image Credit: NATIONAL ARCHIVES February 6, 1968. Gas mask-clad members of the 2d Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment rush a series of buildings during the battle for Hue. The Marines used tear gas to flush the enemy out of fortified positions, a tactic that proved very effective throughout the fight.

 

tet009.jpg Image Credit: NATIONAL ARCHIVES February 18, 1968. Members of the 2d Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment fire at the strongpoint of NVA resistance in the citadel during the struggle for Hue.

 

tet010.jpg Image Credit: NATIONAL ARCHIVES February 6, 1968. A Navy corpsman treats a member of the 2d Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment during the battle for Hue. The Marines suffered nearly 1,000 casualties (killed and wounded) in the encounter.

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  1. 4 Comments to “1968 Tet Offensive Remembered”

  2. FYI:
    the Marine pictured in the foreground on the rubble is my brother Joseph Scoccola. As his story goes, he was turning his head because he heard some rumbling noises behind him, but it was the camerman scaling behind him to take the picture!

    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.

    By Dominic Scoccola on Feb 22, 2009 at 7:04 pm

  3. 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.

    The image has been reversed —–

    By eymurphey on Jul 19, 2009 at 9:30 am

  4. Thanks for calling that to our attention. The placement has been corrected.

    By Gerald D. Swick on Jul 28, 2009 at 1:15 pm

  5. does anyone know who the marines in the rubble are. very important i find out

    By tom myers on Nov 5, 2009 at 2:37 pm

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