Tag: Vietnam
Charlie’s ‘Shock and Awe’ – Vietnam Vet Recalls Chaos of Tet Offensive (Listen)
“That night at 3 a.m., the rockets came in. And boy, did they come in.” “CRACK THE SKY. Shake the earth.” That was Hanoi’s message to the NVA infiltrators and Viet Cong insurgents lying in wait…
The Sino-Vietnamese Conflict – Inside the Bloody 1979 Border War Between Beijing and Hanoi
“The fighting between the PLA and the Vietnamese lasted less than a month, but was surprisingly intense.” FOR MUCH OF the Cold War, Vietnam was where world powers sent their armies to be defeated. The…
