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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 February 2025. 1968 Battle during the Vietnam War Tet offensive attacks on Da Nang Part of the Tet offensive of the Vietnam War Map of the Da Nang vital area Date 29 January – 11 February 1968 Location Da Nang, South Vietnam Result Allied victory Belligerents United States South Vietnam South Korea ...
The year was the most expensive in the Vietnam War with America spending US$77.4 billion (US$ 699 billion in 2025) on the war. The year also became the deadliest of the Vietnam War for America and its allies with 27,915 ARVN soldiers killed and the Americans suffering 16,592 killed compared to around two hundred thousand PAVN/VC killed.
The Tet Offensive [a] was a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War.The Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) launched a surprise attack on 30 January 1968 against the forces of the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), the United States Armed Forces and their allies.
Go Noi Island was located approximately 25 km south of Danang to the west of Highway 1, together with the area directly north of the island, nicknamed Dodge City by the Marines due to frequent ambushes and firefights there, it was a Vietcong (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) stronghold and base area. [2]
Phase III of the Tet offensive of 1968 (also known as the August offensive or Third offensive) was launched by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong (VC) from 17 August to 27 September 1968. The offensive was divided into two waves of attacks from 17 to 31 August 1968 and from 11 to 27 September of that same year.
Hill 55 (also known as Nui Dat Son or Camp Muir) is a hill 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) southwest of Da Nang, Quảng Nam Province, Vietnam. The hill is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) northeast of the confluence of the Yen, Ai Nghia, and La Tho Rivers and was a United States Marine Corps base during the Vietnam War .
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Information About Records Relating to the Vietnam War Operations Analysis (OPSANAL) System; Naval Operations in Vietnam; Media. The short film ACTIVITIES OF THE 198TH INFANTRY BRIGADE, AMERICAL DIVISION (1968) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.