Army advisers and Marines attached to a Combined Action Company platoon at the KSCB. Defenders involved in the attack included the South Vietnamese militia as Hill 861, while the NVA 7th Battalion, 66th Regiment, 304th Division, attacked the Huong Hoa District headquarters in Khe Sanh Village. The NVA 6th Battalion, 2nd Regiment, 325C Division attacked the Marines on What has become known as the Siege of Khe Sanh began on January 20-21, when the NVA launched a series of coordinated attacks against American positions. Operation Niagara called for sensors to be installed along the nearby Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), reconnaissance flights to pinpoint targets, 24,000 tacticalįighter-bomber sorties and 2,700 B-52 strategic bomber sorties. Operation Niagara was launched in support of the Marines manning the base. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps air campaign codenamed Possible NVA attack to seize South Vietnam’s northernmost regions and put themselves in a stronger position prior to any future peace negotiations. The Marines stockpiled ammunition and refurbished the airstrip at the base, all in preparation to counter a Vietnam (COMUSMACV) sent the 26th Marines to reinforce the KSCB, bringing the total number of troops to around 6,000. The first, Operation Scotland, took place between Novemand March 31, 1968. Major American involvement at Khe Sanh can be broken into four operations. The country in preparation for the Tet Offensive in 1968. Reminiscent of the 1954 battle of Dien Bien Phu, where the last vestiges of French colonialism were dealt a blow by the Vietminh, or that that Khe Sanh was a strategic ploy to divert U.S. Discussions on the importance of Khe Sanh have revolved around the suggestion the NVA were looking for a victory Marines built up the Khe Sanh Combat Base (KSCB) adjacent to the Army camp. Route 9 runs from Laos, through the town of Lang Vei and intersects with the Ho Chi Minh Trail – the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) supply line to its troops and to communist Viet Cong (VC) guerrillas in South Vietnam –Īt multiple points. Khe Sanh resides in the northwestern corner of the Quảng Trị Province along Route 9, amid the peaks of the rugged Annamite Range covered in triple canopy foliage.
Prevent North Vietnamese incursions across the Laotian border. American involvement at Khe Sanh first began in 1962, when Army Special Forces units established a Civilian Irregular Defense Group to
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