[Gordongekko909]

I understand that the Tet Offensive was an overwhelming military victory for the United States.

[El Gran Salseron]

Yes, it was. The MSM said differently then and are still saying differently. NVN got their butts kicked in the Tet offensive. They could have been driven right into China but the gov't stopped them because NVN was being back by the then USSR.

[indcons]

I don't know much about the Vietnam war (except what I read here on FR and on the web). I'll be interested in hearing from the MilHist pingees....we have quite a bunch of knowledgeable vets and milhist experts on the list.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

I was on R&R when the Tet offensive started. I couldn't get back into the Viet Nam until it was over. I spent an extra two days on R&R. When I got back, my buddies told me only once that I missed some action. I couldn't tell that there had been any fight whatsoever in the local countryside. It wasn't until I got back home that I found out about this great battle in the newspapers. I was never impressed with paper news anyways.

[Bobibutu]

"I understand that the Tet Offensive was an overwhelming military victory for the United States."

You are correct -our congress cut off funding leading to our withdrawl a few years later.

[ThanhPhero]

It was indeed, an overwhelming victory. The VC hung on through the Spring Offensive and were mopped up completely then. The South was almost clear of Communist soldiery and Ha Noi was sending instructions to trapped units to make the best deal they could for surrender or permitted withdrawal. Then Washington stood the troops down, removed the pressure, abandoned the conquered areas. After an interval when Ha Noi realized that Uncle Sam was not going to follow through and seemed almost to be inviting the Reds to return to their former holdings in the South, Dai Tuong Giap obliged and sent the troops south again. But there were no more VC. The southern born contingent was all dead or "rallied."