Talk:Tet 1969

Sorry friend but Mr. Johnson is correct. The two mortar round fins that I still have from the night of 25 Feb. 1969 are pretty strong evidence that the attacks on my positions at TanAn village a click south of the USMC airstrip at Marble Mountain near Danang are a testimony to the NVA attempt to overrun 2nd platoon, Fox Co.,2ndBn,1st Marines. I was the platoon commander that night and spent the better part of 6 hours fending off mortars, RPG's, machine guns and small arms fire. I used a Shadow AC130 gunship for flares and fire into my perimeter wire to prevent sappers from penitrating our base. In our TAOR there were more than a dozen places that were hit including penitration of the 2nd Battalion headquarters compound that left about 20-30 dead NVA in the wire and inside the compound. We lost two good Marines that night. It was referred to as little tet after that, true it was not as big in scope as the 1968 one as far as numbers but let me assure you the bullets, mortars and RPG's were just as real and just as deadly. Ben Dickson, 1stLt,USMCR,RVN 1968-69.GRUNTLT69 (talk) 06:08, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Wrong year!
The Tet Offensive occurred in February 1968, not 1969. I'm amazed that whoever started this thread could make such an error! 71.226.233.228 11:33, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

I was there in Dau Tieng, in 1969 (I don't remember what month) 3rd Brigade Headquarters of the 25th Infantry Division, when the last Tet Offensive of the Vietnam war occurred. It wasn't the wide-spread, all-out Tet of 1968 - but let me tell you - it was sheer hell for those of us who had our perimiters penetrated. Ken Johnson —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.100.53.239 (talk) 21:42, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Tet 1969, Battle of Bien Hoa. Move this page to Second Tet Offensive, avoid using the date. 96.229.193.68 (talk) 18:36, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

I was stationed at the 175th RR company, 303rd RR BN, Bien Hoa Army base, and there was most certainly a Tet 1969 offensive, it was just a massive failure at Bien Hoa because the sapper unit charged with attacking Long Binh and Plantation to let a VC brigade slip past them and go to Newport refused to attack without mortar support that hadn't arrived, so the NVA division turned around and went back to base camp, leaving a VC battalion hiding in a tunnel that ended just off the end of the runway at Bien Hoa Air Base, where the Army at Bienhoa Army base washed trucks. When the attack didn't jump off as planned, someone in the tunnel got frustrated and shot at a Puff who was orbitting in the area. We saw the tracers, green, and the return fire from the Puff from our morning formation.

The fight ran 'til late afternoon, when the VC battalion surrenderred.

The II ACR got into the fight by accident, as it was returning from a several day patrol and came in on the battle from the direction of Long Binh.

The VC in the tunnel never stood a chance, as they were directly on the line of any aircraft taking off in that direction, so the F100s from Bien Hoa would take off, immediately toggle their bombs, fly around and reload.

There are numerous Armed Forces Photos of Bien Hoa Village buildings damaged in the battle. Casualties were very low on the American side, and low on the VC side because they were shelterred in a tunnel 'til they surrenderred.

Records of the 11 ACR would be good references. George Patton jr was the commander, and we were told the 11th was coming back to Bien Hoa flags up and flying when they learned of the battle. So they essentially "rode to the rescue" like a cavalry troop in the movies.

The AF should have a really good account, as they did most of the attacking.

Eral Moreo Sp5 USASA 509th Group, 303rd Bn, 175th RR.