The week’s only successful Communist stab was made at Lang Vei, a hilltop U.S. Special Forces camp four miles southwest of Khe Sanh on Route 9. Basically a post for interdicting Communist movement ...
Over 54 years after the North Vietnamese Army attacked the U.S. Army’s Special Forces camp at Lang Vei, Miles Wilkins still vividly recalls the details of one of the longest nights of his life. He ...
Editor’s Note: This article is a part of the USA TODAY Network’s series Vietnam War: Remembering the sacrifices of many. As the nation celebrates Memorial Day, a federal holiday centered around ...
Some 53 years ago, in a faraway Special Forces camp in southeast Asia, Sergeant First Class Eugene Ashley Jr achieved immortality during one of the fiercest battles of the Vietnam War. Ashley’s ...
LANG VEI (South Viet-Nam): Two jets killed an estimated 105 villagers and wounded 175 in a 25-minute bombing and strafing attack on this tribal village last night [March 2], an American special forces ...
Paul Longgrear, survivor of The Battle of Lang Vei tells a first hand account of the battle which began on 6 February and concluded 7 February 1968 The 24th Regiment, supported by the 198th Tank ...
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