enemy attacks information
for Post-Tet Offensive

For date 690223


South Vietnam
Description: Communist forces launch a series of mortar and rocket attacks on 115 targets in South Vietnam, including the cities of Saigon, Da Nang, and Hue and the U.S. base at Bien Hoa. This was one day following the expiration of the seven-day Viet Cong proclaimed truce for Tet. The allied fuel and ammo dumps at Da Nang were largely destroyed.

The source for this information was Rand, USMC H 1969 P 354, Rise & Fall P288
Rise & Fall = The Rise and Fall of an American Army: U.S. Ground Forces in Vietnam, 1963 - 1973 by Shelby Stanton.


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Date posted on this site: 05/13/2023