enemy attacks information
for Post-Tet Offensive
For date 690223
South Vietnam
Description: Communist forces launch a series of mortar and rocket attacks on 115 targets in South Vietnam, including the cities of Saigon, Da Nang, and Hue and the U.S. base at Bien Hoa. This was one day following the expiration of the seven-day Viet Cong proclaimed truce for Tet. The allied fuel and ammo dumps at Da Nang were largely destroyed.
The source for this information was Rand, USMC H 1969 P 354, Rise & Fall P288
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Date posted on this site:
09/29/2009