Hanoi’s decision to launch the Tet offensive was born of desperation ... representing the failed attacks on the U.S. embassy in Saigon and other sites as symbols of Communist success.
Binh Dang Fifty years after the fact, the Tet Offensive is recognized as ... bases all over South Vietnam, including Saigon, home of the U.S. Embassy. They believed they could take the Army ...
Though communist forces were annihilated on the battlefield, the Tet Offensive crippled American ... of the men who fought at Khe Sanh and the Saigon embassy is getting a belated surge of recognition.
For the first time since Tet, the allies last week swept out on the offensive, launching their ... the ring of three enemy divisions menacing Saigon. It employed more than 50 battalions formed ...