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The Longest War: Tet Offensive 1968
The Longest War: Tet Offensive 1968
From the Webmaster: EXCERPT: "Every afternoon at 5pm, American generals in Saigon would hold a press conference to report the situation of the war in Vietnam. These press conferences became widely known as the "five o'clock follies." They were used as a platform for the U.S. to spout the lies that it wanted the people of the world to believe. "We're winning the war." "Everything is under control." "It's only a matter of time, now, until the North caves in." Suddenly on January 31, l968, these lies were shattered. Massed attacks by National Liberation Front (NLF) and North Vietnamese Army (NVA) surprised and in most cases overwhelmed the troops of the South Vietnamese and American Armies. In essence, U.S. imperialism found that the light they were..." http://www.oz.net/~vvawai/sw/sw31/pg...offensive.html Otis Willie, Correspondent Tet Offensive Resource Guide http://members.aol.com/veterans/warlib6.htm The Longest War Vietnam Discussion/News Forum http://members.aol.com/warlibrary/share.htm Active/Former Military Personnel Registry Application http://members.aol.com/veterans/registry.htm |
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