Word: tet
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...last five weeks have brought a rude awakening to the American military. The mounting fury of the Tet offensive and the battles for Saigon and Hue have revealed how grossly American intelligence has underestimated Communist military strength. For the first time since full-fledged American involvement began, the assumption that American military might would ultimately prevail is being seriously questioned...
...Battle of the Tet offensive does not come at Khesanh, or if the U.S. faces a crucial major battle in an area where the terrain doesn't prevent effective use of nukes, Pentagon officials have suggested they would recommend nuclear weapons as a last resort...
...self-deceit. They had begun to believe their own statistics, which is terribly dangerous when the statistics are fundamentally in error. There was no sign that these attacks were expected. Americans were on leave all over the country. The South Vietnamese Army was spread out going home for Tet...
...drove down from Quang Ngai the day before Tet in a plane filled with men who had left the barracks in Quang Ngai going home to their families in Sagion. Well, if you are expecting a major attack within a day or two, you keep your army ready and you don't let them go home on leave. This just wasn't the case. The guard at the U.S. Embassy was lighter that night than it had been for months. The gate of the U.S. Embassy was standing open. You don't have all these things open if you expect...
...Chiang Rai province, another Meo band shot down a government helicopter. The increased guerrilla activity may provide the power holder in Thailand's military regime, General Praphas Charusathien, with an excuse for postponing elections due this fall. Ordering Thai newspapers to print the grisliest photographs taken during the Tet offensive in Viet Nam, Praphas asked: "Is it not better for us to safe guard a normal situation than for these pictures to become facts in our own country...