Here’s What You Need to Know: By the time the survivors of the last NVA units slipped out of the city on March 3, Bowden estimates that ten thousand had died in the struggle for Hue—including roughly ...

Hue, South Vietnam, February 1968: A U.S. Marine holds out his M-16 rifle to pull a wounded comrade to safety during the battle for the city of Hue. More than 200 Americans were killed and 1,500 ...

The troops began referring to it as Ontos, Greek for “The Thing.” But after years of combat in Vietnam, the Marines were just about done with it. Parts were hard to find, and the treads wore out ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: To an American public already leery about the escalating costs and moral compromises of the Vietnam War, the Battle of Hue established that “winning” in Vietnam would ...