Khe Sanh 1968 | 77 Days Under Siege | Memoir of USMC Col Joseph H. Alexander

Seventy-seven days. That's how long the 26th Marines held a hilltop outpost twenty kilometers from the Laotian border, while two North Vietnamese divisions tried to turn Khe Sanh into a second Điện Biên Phủ. Based on Colonel Joseph H. Alexander's book A Fellowship of Valor: The Battle History of the United States Marine Corps, this episode covers the Hill Fights of April 1967, the January 21 assault on Hill 861, the tank attack at Làng Vây, the retaking of the Huế Citadel during Tết, and the B-52 strikes that broke the siege. This is The Saigon Files — the war, told by the people who lived it. ***** US Commanders: General William Westmoreland Colonel David Lownds (26th Marines) Lieutenant Colonel [as previously listed for battalion commanders] US Political Leadership: President Lyndon B. Johnson ARVN / South Vietnamese Commanders: General Ngô Quang Trưởng Lieutenant Colonel Nguyễn Văn Hiệp Colonel Hoàng Tích Thông North Vietnamese (NVA) Commanders: General Võ Nguyên Giáp General Trần Văn Quang General Hoàng Sâm ***** UNIT LIST U.S. Marine Corps: 26th Marine Regiment 1st Battalion, 26th Marines 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines 9th Marine Regiment Other U.S. Forces: 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) U.S. Army Special Forces South Vietnamese (ARVN/RVN) Forces: 1st ARVN Division 1st Ranger Group Vietnamese Marine Corps (VNMC) Airborne Division North Vietnamese (NVA) Forces: 304th NVA Division 325th NVA Division 324th NVA Division 320th NVA Division #VietnamWar #KheSanh #BattleOfKheSanh #USMC #Marines #26thMarines #MilitaryHistory #TetOffensive #BattleOfHue #VietnamWarHistory #WarHistory #History #ColdWarHistory #ARVN #VietnamVeterans #DienBienPhu #TheSaigonFiles #WarDocumentary #MilitaryHistoryChannel #ForgottenHistory