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you're right, that might not be correct about biggest battle, depending on how you measure it. But that battle lasted over 100 days. The enemy massed 20,000 troops at us, tried to over-run a camp with 5,000 or so americans in it. I read a slim book about that battle. It said the enemy had Migs with russian pilots working that battle. It said they had big artillery pieces also. I talked to two people who were there, they told stories. Our troops were so well dug in and prepared that when the enemy attacked it was just a killing field for them. They made it a very high priority to over-run our troops. We made it a very high priority to not let them.

Somebody should make a movie out of it.

I'm still unclear on whether or not there is any documented evidence that the North used any form of their air power over the South during the time the Americans were involved. I don't belive there is.

BTW, I had two trips as a Huey Driver. On my second tour (nov69-nov70) I had many good opportunities to see the lay of the land in the Khe Sanh AO. Of Course, during the most of that time it was completely deserted.

As for movies. I've seen most of 'em. "Full Metal Jacket" was great until it jumped to Nam. Although never a beloved grunt, I thought the night firefight in "Platoon" had to be close to reality. The ambush and firefight in "Forrest Gump" took my breath away. And for an early film that has been mostly overlooked, I recommend "Go Tell the Spartans" with Burt Lancaster. Most of the rest of the stuff out of Hollywood is just too much Hollywood for me. I know the story of the Ia Drang. I flew into some of the same landing zones on my first tour about a year after the battle.

The 2nd battle of Khe Sahn is considered to have started 1/27/68 and to have lasted 77 days. Most of the NVA munitions were Chi-Coms. It was in this battle that Soviet tanks we first seen in the south. Here is a decent synopsis of the seige, researched and written by a genuine hero.
http://members.tripod.com/~DARTO/