The Battle of Khe Sanh - 1968 | Today in History | 21 Jan 17
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- On January 21, 1968, the Battle of Khe Sanh began during the Vietnam War.
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My dad was an M60 gunner with marines in Vietnam. He was at Khe Sahn from the day the siege started. Said he didn’t change his clothes for 77 days. He had to hop and run out of his fox hole and trenches to take a shit and run back in so he didn’t get picked off by a sniper. I don’t know how he survived but he’s a beast.
Yeah, my dad fought with George Washington. He too had to run from spot to spot to avoid the Red Coats picking him off during his bathroom breaks.
I have unmeasurable respect for those who lost their lives, and for our injured Viet Nam Vets. I served in the military from 1968 to 1970 in Germany. I have friends who lost their lives in Khe Sahn in July 1968. My brother came back with Agent Orange and ptsd. I cannot forget the nightmare.
Let never forget. Lets not forget about the siege as well as the hill fights of khe sanh circa 1967 in which was some of the bloodiest fighting during the war. Never forget.
Các bạn là những người đi xâm lược
Today is 55th anniversary of Battle Khe Shan Vietnam 🇻🇳 on January 21 1968. The North Vietnamese army attack US 🇺🇸 Marine base .The Marines endure siege of 77 days and most brutal enemy artillery fire 🔥 in history of Corps
My home away from home June and July 1967
Tôi khâm phục sự anh dũng của những người lính QDND Việt Nam. Vũ khí trang bị thô sơ nhưng tinh thần chiến đấu của những người lính đó không quân đội hùng mạnh nào sánh được. Cảm ơn các ông các bác đã ngã xuống cho tổ quốc có được vinh quang...
Xin cảm ơn bạn
Respect from Ireland 🇮🇪
Vâng, tôi đồng ý và chết tiệt bạn rất nhiều!
Thực tế người Mỹ không có muốn tiêu diệt cộng sản lúc đó . Họ chỉ có làm sao cho chiến tranh Việt Nam kéo dài thời gian sao cho tiêu thụ hết các kho vũ khí thặng dư từ thời Thế Chiến 2 là OK .
Thực ra Mỹ muốn bóp chết Trung cộng, Hàn cộng và Việt cộng lúc nào mà không được
Great respect to Vietnam's
U.S. Totally controlled and Dominated the Air, Vietnamese were all Ground Forces
@@bobbywren123 and after all of this US lost the war
@@BestVideos01 and again US won all battles. (With air strikes and bombing ofc)
@@tuanz8009 yes they win and retreat back to US
@@tuanz8009 strategic only, they lost the political side
Thjs is a simplified version. Our troops were in danger of losing. Westmoreland even considered using nukes. At one point, our troops were so low on ammunition, there was hand to hand combat. The enemy even got ahold of some of our supplies that were dropped in the wrong place or dropped in haste, ending up in enemy hands. At one point, our soldiers were hungry, out of ammunition, and demoralized. But they held on and won, only to leave the area. God I hated the way politicians fought this war.
was there 68
James C Bliss thank you for your service man
Yes, thank you for your service.
big respect for you from Vietnam
My oldest brother was there, and it was 1968.
peace to all there and here now and forever.
I remember that place .........
Long live Vietnam and its freedom loving people!
Brave people at that time
I admiere north vietnam people but i dont like communism.
@@ironplasticmachine2309 if I may ask why don't you like communism
@@cosmic128 because they control you as long as your alive.
@@dhammadatta961 brave people but by breaking the truce at tet offensive and fought on civilian uniform?
My BN was at Khe Sahn, attached to 26th Marines
2/1…🇺🇸
Ông đã chiến đấu một cách vô nghĩa
Respect for innocent people from Vietnam fighting for their country
Chúng tôi chiến đấu là để bảo vệ đất nước, còn nước mỹ chiến đấu để chiếm nước khác
And the one million Vietnamese who threw themselves on the sea rather than live under Communist rule. GG, assholes!
Not to mention the US war crimes committed in Vietnam. Despite all their superiority in weapons and technology, the Americans underestimated one thing: the morale of the Vietnamese and their stamina and will. The war ended in disaster and flight for the Americans.
Army officer looks like R. Lee Ermey!
MultiSkyman1 same
Respect for vietcong and noth vietnamese forces
The Battle of Khe Sanh (21 January - 9 July 1968)
This music is so messed up. People died, Vietnmanese or American, people died.
Shane gillis’s uncle was a forward observer here!
I,M WAS THERE 1967 1968. Lang vei
Thank you for your service.
Thanks Kathy. Then I'm sure you recollect the hill fights of khe sanh that took place in 67 a year before the actual siege took place. I'll never forget. Thank you!
American soldiers were on duty to protect the free world in Việt Nam . The entire people of the Republic of Vietnam had to be graceful to them
Why do yanks say rowt instead of route as in route 66?
It’s an accent thing
I always wondered that and I'm a Yank 100%
I am proudly saying" rowt" . Go Yankees Go.
I from VietNam
I Love Republic of Vietnam ❤️
Good for you!!!! have a nice life
Yêu thì xuống địa ngục cống hiến đi chứ VNCH tiêu năm 1975 rồi. Ở nhờ đất của CHXHCN Việt Nam không thấy nhục với tổ tiên à?
'Merica! Love 'Merica! 'Merica Forever! I hate the fact that Bibles are illegal in your country.
I WISH TO BE TEXAN ain't no bibles illegal in our country bro
Really? Where is your country now? Republic of south Vietnam is the joke, they had no chance survired through tet offensive 68 without america military support
at that day all those long time stored rusted explosive munition are yelling at the same time, "MY TIME HAS COME" !!!
c.l.b. central america my album mixtape 2018
1968??
Uhm
Yawp 52 years ago today
@crabby yes. Circa 1968 for approximately 3 straight months. That was the siege of khe sanh..then there is the hill fights in khe sanh circa 1967 which saw some of the bloodiest fighting of the Vietnam war. Never forget.
Soon after the hard fought battle was over the Americas abanded the base
Actually, the American did not want to defeat the Viet cong at that time . The main purpose of the American who only want to prolong the war so that they can consume all the surplus weapons from World War II
first coin of USA
had writen it on back side
MIND YOUR OWN BUISNESS
It wasn't a siege. A siege is when you are cut off from resupply and reinforcement. That never happened.
It was a siege. You tell yourself whatever else if it helps you sleep better at night
TactileCoder
Words have defintions.
Siege
a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside.
Well they did cut off the base from any Ground supply, that was only re established by Operation Pegasus in late March and Early April.
Tell that to the ones that held out.
Marines sent daily patrols outside the wire, it was a battle, not a siege.
Khe?
And then Khe Sanh was emptied of troops and material…..
My step dad lived through that battle.. and then went on to molest my sister, humiliate and belittle me at every step, drink himself into stupers, eat pills all day and scream for his mommy in the night during his nightmares.. Some people, deserved every bit or torment and torture they received over there... he's one of them.
Marine PFC - Billy Hill - Pensacola Florida
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Best military force to hit the ground. Should never have been there. Now hop on a plane and go, Nikes made there. All the great troops for nothing. Business.
N.Vietnam No.1
@@ourwickedworld2945 everyone around the world begging for tips, not because they are slaves but they are giving good hospitality and they deserve for tips.
Yankees N0.10.
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Im American. Long live the United states and long live Vietnam! What a beautiful country and amazing people! viva la Usa+Vietnam
1968🎵🌌⏳
LONG LIVE OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE CAPTAIN LARRY TAYLOR ...THE UNIC ONEST AND GOOD PEOPLE IN THE UNIVERS...
End of the story America lost the war
and the Vietnamese live in a Commie country
And they still slaughter Christians for being kind.
@@Ferda1964Actually the most vietnamese ppl dont give half of a fuck about communism nor capitalism, they just simply dont care
@@theocean3364 I think unfortunately you are right , people of anywhere should ever resign in resisting evil
@Suhail Pasha - Americans weren't allowed to win. We we had to hand the war over..to whoever.
Trận này nhái trận Điện Biên Phủ
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Sorry your good thumbs up
Bo1
You know how it is propaganda? The music is a dead give away, lol.
We succeeded in thwarting a coup by communist forces without involving any US military personnel, October 1,1965 (G30S / PKI)
Because the communist didn't do anything like you say,that's all.
Der Krieg war ungleich, die USA zeichneten sich durch, als es unmöglich war, zu gewinnen.
Didnt win it after all that loss .
Thương cho các bạn đồng minh đã cùng với các chiến sĩ VNCH ! Xem rất buồn chiến tranh quá khốc liệt
nó mang boom đạn đến thả vào đầu đồng bào may mà còn thương? thương cái mả cụ mày
❤ Toàn dân Việt Nam Cộng Hòa cũng phải biết ơn họ đã bảo vệ Miền Nam Việt Nam lúc đó . Nước Việt Nam Cộng Hòa cũng là một trong những nước thuộc thế giới tự do
Trang bị tận răng mà đánh ngu như bò thua đúng rồi cay cú làm gì. Việt nam đã liền 1 dải hình chữ S
Nước 😂. Hỏi Liên Hợp Quốc họ có công nhận VNCH là 1 nước không? Tụ do bắn giết, đĩ điếm, chửi bới, đầy đoạ bắt bớ người có tiếng nói đối lập mà mày bảo tự do. Tao là dân Củ Chi không quên tội ác của lũ chúng mày lên bà con, đồng bào, xóm làng của tao.@@user-xp6mu3vc9t
TKS FOR NAPALM AND BUFFS! WHOA, !
Without b52 air support viet mith could take that bade in a week
NVA/VC
This place sounds like an SDS congregation.......
tanto armamento para matar unos soldados con sandalias de llantas que miedo le tenian
11, 000 US Marines vs 40,000 Vietcong. Damn!. US Marines is the Best.
Hoahahahaha.. US is the loser. Too much Rambo film, you, kid.
@@Ali-hu8jr - 11,000 vs 40, 000. You didn't see the difference?.
Still US army with her advanced weapons couldn't defeat the barefoot Vietcongs.
US is a loser, here.
@@Ali-hu8jr - The US decided to withdrawn their Military in Vietnam. They are not defeated as claimed by the Communist propaganda. At that time the only way to defeat the Vietcong was to wiped out the whole Vietnam. Becaused the Vietnamesse people embraced and crazy about the promised of Communism. You thinked the US can't do that?. The US can killed and wiped out the whole country if they want. The US can dropped a 5 to 10 Atomic Bomb and the whole Vietnam will be vanished. But the US is not crazy to that. The US win in WW2. That was a huge war. And you thinked they can't win against Vietnam?. The can send a hundred thousand of their soldiers if they want. Why send only 11,000 soldiers? Becaused the reason why the US decided to fight the Vietcong was to stop the wide spread of Communism in South East Asia. Not to win against Vietnam. During that time, one of the main concerned of the US were South Korea and the Philippines.
@@zekglenn2554
LOL. Too much words. In Vietnam case:
1. US still can't defeat communists there. Then run away.
2. You talk too much about atomic bomb. Of course, the one and only country that destroys innocents people by nuke is US. Mass murderer.
Yankee go home
Wow! The communist Vietnamese took a pretty sound ass whooping at Khe Sanh! The Marines lost 244, while the Vietnamese lost 15,000? That is a 60:1 kill ratio. That is epic! And the liberal media was working with the communists to try to tell us that Khe Sanh was a loss? What the? We handed Giap a severe ass whooping on that one.
bro the khe sanh battle also contain operation scotland and some others. you guys lost battle of khe sanh because it was build to protect svn and cut the hcm trail and then it was destroy ( the us nearly use atomic bomb at khe sanhh), and the us cannot estimate the exactly number of communist casualties and they often exagrate the numbers of the communist casualties.
@@user-hv2gr3do6y he breaking the siege in khe sanh ?
Bro, the us gorvernment literally take the bodies of vc they found(1602) mutiply it with 5 to get the result of about 15000.They don't even estimate, they just take the bodies mutiply 10.It did not make any sense !
Kết quả cuối cùng là Việt Nam thắng còn Hoa Kỳ thất bại, siêu cường số 1 thế giới thất bại trước những người nông dân Việt Nam, bạn tự hào vì giết được nhiều người Việt Nam phải không.
B52 raid around then casualties high
LONG LIVE OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE CAPTAIN LARRY TAYLOR ...THE UNIC ONEST AND GOOD PEOPLE IN THE UNIVERS...
LONG LIVE OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE CAPTAIN LARRY TAYLOR ...THE UNIC ONEST AND GOOD PEOPLE IN THE UNIVERS...