Tet Inoffensive

[Patria Povo]

Happy Tet/ Lunar New Year ladies and gentlemen!
:rockon::cheers::party0045::beer::wave::cheers: :rockon:

[Norton]

Thanks for reminding us.. Should we crack open some '33 beer ?

[Patria Povo]

Thanks for reminding us.. Should we crack open some '33 beer ?

Mate, if you know where to find one, please let me know!

I got my dad a 'Hue' beer for Christmas. I was actually invited to my soon-to-be-in-law-grandparents tonight to celebrate Tet with them .... and I am pretty sure even they can't find it here.

[Planning]

tet 68, i was there
this is a small published report, not alot of details, but lots of fighting for several days.

Another target of the TET Offensive of 1968 was Dalat. It was probably the scene of the heaviest fighting outside the Saigon area. Early in the morning on 31 January 1968 large size enemy forces began to attack Dalat. The Viet Cong soon controlled all the roads into the town. The MP villa was demolished by mortar and rocket fire. Two MP were wounded and communications were lost within the city. A military reaction force extracted the MP from their villa. As heavy mortar fire continued in the city, MP who had relocated in a medical villa came under ground attack. On 3 February 1968, the MP personnel who had been driven from the villa returned to retrieve items of equipment. They were able to recover vehicles, radios, and records which they had abandoned during the initial attack. Again, they received a small arms attack but sustained no additional casualties. As the remaining activity in the area began to center on the Dalat airfield, the MP in the area responded to the crisis by providing reinforcements to friendly forces at that location. As fierce fighting continued on 3 February, the city of Dalat became the only critical area in the II Corps tactical zone. With the airfield under Viet Cong control, the local defending elements, particularly the MP, began to run low on ammunition. Ammunition resupply was completed by air. With an enemy battalion believed still to be in the city on 5 February 1968, additional MP replacements were flown into Dalat. Viet Cong elements continued to hold two strong points in the city until 9 February when they finally were forced to withdraw.

[Patria Povo]

Year of the Ox in the Chinese calendar, the Water Buffalo for Vietnamese:

"The BUFFALO symbolizes industriousness and patience. The year is one of slow, steady progress and patient strength; traits suitable for a scientist. He is the traditional symbol of spring and agriculture because of his association with the plow and his pleasure in wallowing in mud. People of that year are thought to possess the characteristics of that animal: steady, placid, but stubborn when crossed. The buffalo hours are from 1am-3am when buffalo are feeding and the day's farm work begins."