Isn’t that what happened at Khe San?
Don’t know or remember. I wasn’t in the Nam.
I’m pretty sure we have a FReeper or two that was in Khe San.
Khe Sanh was a firebase/ LZ on a hilltop. This sounds more like Dien Bien Phu.
No. We controlled the high ground around Khe Sanh with, I think three outposts. They were held by those Marines through vicious fighting.
We completely destroyed the NVA around Khe Sanh. The news idiots made it sound like the NVA could have overrun Khe Sanh anytime they wanted.
Nothing was further from the truth. They had us outnumbered from 3-1 to 5-1 depending on the source, and they had casualties of 15.000 to our 4,000.
I just finished reading a great book, but dense as hell: “The Big Story” by Peter Braestrup.
Sort of, yes, but the USAF saved the Marines from defeat by continuous airdrops of ammo and rations along with constant strafing of VPA troops.
Re; Khe San
Actually more like Den Bien Phu.
The french base was set in a bowl surrounded by hills.