The Battle of Khe Sanh - 1968 | Today in History

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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@handlecantbelongethan30charact 10 ай бұрын

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.

@RowdyNoo 5 ай бұрын

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.

@AlfredoHernandez-yd8uo 11 ай бұрын

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.

@Hubcapdiamondstarhalo 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@alosieuthi7727 Жыл бұрын

Các bạn là những người đi xâm lược

@judybubenheim9021 Ай бұрын

Never forget this. Or the guys that have their lives. God bless!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@choochoo3985 5 жыл бұрын

My home away from home June and July 1967

@robbypolter6689 4 ай бұрын

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.

@vnnagoya5091 5 жыл бұрын

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...

@alosieuthi7727 Жыл бұрын

Xin cảm ơn bạn

@sken5100 Жыл бұрын

Respect from Ireland 🇮🇪

@chuckbecker4983 7 ай бұрын

Vâng, tôi đồng ý và chết tiệt bạn rất nhiều!

@user-xp6mu3vc9t 4 ай бұрын

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

@minkymott Жыл бұрын

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.

@jamesquirk4999 Жыл бұрын

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

@isimisoko 5 жыл бұрын

Long live Vietnam and its freedom loving people!

@dhammadatta961 5 жыл бұрын

Brave people at that time

@ironplasticmachine2309 3 жыл бұрын

I admiere north vietnam people but i dont like communism.

@cosmic128 3 жыл бұрын

@@ironplasticmachine2309 if I may ask why don't you like communism

@ironplasticmachine2309 3 жыл бұрын

@@cosmic128 because they control you as long as your alive.

@agungoka2535 3 жыл бұрын

@@dhammadatta961 brave people but by breaking the truce at tet offensive and fought on civilian uniform?

@agungprasetyo2665 10 ай бұрын

Respect for vietcong and noth vietnamese forces

@BestVideos01 5 жыл бұрын

Great respect to Vietnam's

@bobbywren123 Жыл бұрын

U.S. Totally controlled and Dominated the Air, Vietnamese were all Ground Forces

@BestVideos01 Жыл бұрын

@@bobbywren123 and after all of this US lost the war

@tuanz8009 Жыл бұрын

@@BestVideos01 and again US won all battles. (With air strikes and bombing ofc)

@BestVideos01 Жыл бұрын

@@tuanz8009 yes they win and retreat back to US

@atnguyenngoc6521 Жыл бұрын

@@tuanz8009 strategic only, they lost the political side

@jamescbliss2225 7 жыл бұрын

was there 68

@scarletcrusade77 4 жыл бұрын

James C Bliss thank you for your service man

@JamesSmith-tb7is 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, thank you for your service.

@atnguyenngoc6521 Жыл бұрын

big respect for you from Vietnam

@myjeepwjarebuildpaulsteven7986 Жыл бұрын

My BN was at Khe Sahn, attached to 26th Marines 2/1…🇺🇸

@alosieuthi7727 Жыл бұрын

Ông đã chiến đấu một cách vô nghĩa

@josephsilas9945 2 жыл бұрын

My oldest brother was there, and it was 1968.

@alberthendershot3134 6 жыл бұрын

I remember that place .........

@edwardburns24 5 жыл бұрын

@ringhunter1006 5 жыл бұрын

peace to all there and here now and forever.

@MultiSkyman1 5 жыл бұрын

Army officer looks like R. Lee Ermey!

@caffeinatedbuffalosauce883 5 жыл бұрын

MultiSkyman1 same

@kathyvorasane7469 3 жыл бұрын

I,M WAS THERE 1967 1968. Lang vei

@JamesSmith-tb7is 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service.

@Hubcapdiamondstarhalo 3 жыл бұрын

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!

@olwensmith4385 5 жыл бұрын

This music is so messed up. People died, Vietnmanese or American, people died.

@cherifcherif7748 3 жыл бұрын

Respect for innocent people from Vietnam fighting for their country

@alosieuthi7727 Жыл бұрын

Chúng tôi chiến đấu là để bảo vệ đất nước, còn nước mỹ chiến đấu để chiếm nước khác

@chuckbecker4983 7 ай бұрын

And the one million Vietnamese who threw themselves on the sea rather than live under Communist rule. GG, assholes!

@zoffwolfgung2933 10 ай бұрын

Soon after the hard fought battle was over the Americas abanded the base

@Ak_famly 7 ай бұрын

The Battle of Khe Sanh (21 January - 9 July 1968)

@justintrexler5507 6 ай бұрын

Shane gillis’s uncle was a forward observer here!

@user-xp6mu3vc9t 4 ай бұрын

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

@tranhoanghieu4576 25 күн бұрын

Lol, US were there to protect their interest to stop the spread of the Soviet Union, their enemy at the time. They dont give a crap about the South Vietnamese

@marcusaetius9309 3 ай бұрын

And then Khe Sanh was emptied of troops and material…..

@ringoramjet 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@yandixon3540 5 жыл бұрын

Why do yanks say rowt instead of route as in route 66?

@Eddie472 5 жыл бұрын

It’s an accent thing

@knowsheet4506 5 жыл бұрын

I always wondered that and I'm a Yank 100%

@Ferda1964 4 жыл бұрын

I am proudly saying" rowt" . Go Yankees Go.

@christopherbrandon4855 6 жыл бұрын

c.l.b. central america my album mixtape 2018

@WARZoNExKNiGhT 3 жыл бұрын

at that day all those long time stored rusted explosive munition are yelling at the same time, "MY TIME HAS COME" !!!

@user-xp6mu3vc9t 4 ай бұрын

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

@Ethan19Wayne 2 ай бұрын

❤🇵🇭

@dangnguyenvan4204 3 жыл бұрын

Trận này nhái trận Điện Biên Phủ

@maheshdeore8254 5 жыл бұрын

first coin of USA had writen it on back side MIND YOUR OWN BUISNESS

@luisellamanesco1896 10 ай бұрын

LONG LIVE OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE CAPTAIN LARRY TAYLOR ...THE UNIC ONEST AND GOOD PEOPLE IN THE UNIVERS...

@pjjordan5491 3 жыл бұрын

Didnt win it after all that loss .

@alvaro1999ification 2 жыл бұрын

Khe?

@tammyleederwhitaker649 3 жыл бұрын

1968🎵🌌⏳

@brucejordon8236 3 жыл бұрын

@iamchillydogg 6 жыл бұрын

It wasn't a siege. A siege is when you are cut off from resupply and reinforcement. That never happened.

@TactileCoder 6 жыл бұрын

It was a siege. You tell yourself whatever else if it helps you sleep better at night

@iamchillydogg 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@boborson5536 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@cooorsbanq4226 5 жыл бұрын

Tell that to the ones that held out.

@vincepurpura8905 5 жыл бұрын

Marines sent daily patrols outside the wire, it was a battle, not a siege.

@suhailpasha3178 5 жыл бұрын

End of the story America lost the war

@Ferda1964 4 жыл бұрын

and the Vietnamese live in a Commie country

@iwishtobetexan6060 4 жыл бұрын

And they still slaughter Christians for being kind.

@theocean3364 3 жыл бұрын

@@Ferda1964Actually the most vietnamese ppl dont give half of a fuck about communism nor capitalism, they just simply dont care

@Ferda1964 3 жыл бұрын

@@theocean3364 I think unfortunately you are right , people of anywhere should ever resign in resisting evil

@johnblair765 2 жыл бұрын

@Suhail Pasha - Americans weren't allowed to win. We we had to hand the war over..to whoever.

@linhnguyen-bf3sc 5 жыл бұрын

N.Vietnam No.1

@TheVietarmy 4 жыл бұрын

@@ourwickedworld2945 everyone around the world begging for tips, not because they are slaves but they are giving good hospitality and they deserve for tips.

@dellawrence4323 3 жыл бұрын

Yankees N0.10.

@ngocquyle5025 3 жыл бұрын

🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳

@Hubcapdiamondstarhalo 3 жыл бұрын

Im American. Long live the United states and long live Vietnam! What a beautiful country and amazing people! viva la Usa+Vietnam

@ronalddecesaris6115 19 сағат бұрын

We had poor war planners and decision makers in vietnam The marines were the best Politicians were idiots Same holds true today

@airbornelib 2 жыл бұрын

You know how it is propaganda? The music is a dead give away, lol.

@AerialEscape 2 жыл бұрын

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

@missyflower6202 5 жыл бұрын

Without b52 air support viet mith could take that bade in a week

@tuanz8009 Жыл бұрын

NVA/VC

@badme9684 7 жыл бұрын

1968??

@gustafromanov7860 5 жыл бұрын

Uhm

@Jonny503EA 3 жыл бұрын

Yawp 52 years ago today

@Hubcapdiamondstarhalo 3 жыл бұрын

@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.

@hiepminh4984 5 жыл бұрын

I from VietNam I Love Republic of Vietnam ❤️

@ernstvonrichthofen 4 жыл бұрын

Good for you!!!! have a nice life

@hieppham3802 4 жыл бұрын

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?

@iwishtobetexan6060 4 жыл бұрын

'Merica! Love 'Merica! 'Merica Forever! I hate the fact that Bibles are illegal in your country.

@trnh.196 3 жыл бұрын

I WISH TO BE TEXAN ain't no bibles illegal in our country bro

@BELIVE114 3 жыл бұрын

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

@tiengsam6998 4 ай бұрын

Der Krieg war ungleich, die USA zeichneten sich durch, als es unmöglich war, zu gewinnen.

@anhdang2713 Жыл бұрын

Thương cho các bạn đồng minh đã cùng với các chiến sĩ VNCH ! Xem rất buồn chiến tranh quá khốc liệt

@nguyencaocuong6515 6 ай бұрын

nó mang boom đạn đến thả vào đầu đồng bào may mà còn thương? thương cái mả cụ mày

@user-xp6mu3vc9t 4 ай бұрын

❤ 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

@hanguyendung4683 3 ай бұрын

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

@user-rm6ny9tq1m 2 ай бұрын

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

@vantan4621 15 күн бұрын

@@user-xp6mu3vc9t miền Nam nào của chúng mày, một đám becgie cho thằng Pháp,Nhật,Mẽo 😏

@roberttaylor914 2 жыл бұрын

This place sounds like an SDS congregation.......

@olemoss5483 4 жыл бұрын

Bo1

@badme9684 7 жыл бұрын

Sorry your good thumbs up

@AudazPicaFumo 10 ай бұрын

TKS FOR NAPALM AND BUFFS! WHOA, !

@tranportasimassal40 3 жыл бұрын

We succeeded in thwarting a coup by communist forces without involving any US military personnel, October 1,1965 (G30S / PKI)

@thanglethanh2112 Жыл бұрын

Because the communist didn't do anything like you say,that's all.

@goldfito 5 жыл бұрын

tanto armamento para matar unos soldados con sandalias de llantas que miedo le tenian

@booboo-sq4ln 5 жыл бұрын

Yankee go home

@zekglenn2554 5 жыл бұрын

11, 000 US Marines vs 40,000 Vietcong. Damn!. US Marines is the Best.

@Ali-hu8jr 5 жыл бұрын

Hoahahahaha.. US is the loser. Too much Rambo film, you, kid.

@zekglenn2554 5 жыл бұрын

@@Ali-hu8jr - 11,000 vs 40, 000. You didn't see the difference?.

@Ali-hu8jr 5 жыл бұрын

Still US army with her advanced weapons couldn't defeat the barefoot Vietcongs. US is a loser, here.

@zekglenn2554 5 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@Ali-hu8jr 5 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@RonaldReaganRocks1 Жыл бұрын

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.

@atnguyenngoc6521 Жыл бұрын

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.

@atnguyenngoc6521 Жыл бұрын

@@user-hv2gr3do6y he breaking the siege in khe sanh ?

@atnguyenngoc6521 Жыл бұрын

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 !

@duonghong4266 11 ай бұрын

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.

@86Duy 11 ай бұрын

B52 raid around then casualties high

@luisellamanesco1896 10 ай бұрын

LONG LIVE OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE CAPTAIN LARRY TAYLOR ...THE UNIC ONEST AND GOOD PEOPLE IN THE UNIVERS...

@onetokatman7293 26 күн бұрын

Long live the good People of the Usa not killers.

@luisellamanesco1896 10 ай бұрын

LONG LIVE OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE CAPTAIN LARRY TAYLOR ...THE UNIC ONEST AND GOOD PEOPLE IN THE UNIVERS...