January,+30+1968



On January 30 the event known as the Tet Offensive happened. Tet is the Vietnamese New Year. Since it was their new year we had held off on our attack. The North Vietnamese took advantage of the opportunity and sneak attacked over 29 different bases using the Ho Chi Minh Trail. This was the point of the war were America started to lose.

information provided by: Prenitce Hall american pathways to the present modern american history pg: 802-803 picture provided by : http://www.talkingproud.us/ImagesMilitary/Pedro/HoChiMinhTrailMap.jpg