Tet-Offensive

A map of the 1968 Tet Offensive

pronunciation recording

1969 Đài phát thanh Qui Nhơn - Bị phá hủy trong Tết '68

1st Battalion, 18th Infantry, 1st Inf. Div. soldiers among headstones in Mac Dinh Chi Cemetery while searching for Viet Cong snipers during the Lunar New Year holidays NARA 111-CCV-529-CC45841

1st Battalion, 18th Infantry, 1st Inf. Div., soldiers enter Mac Dinh Chi Cemetery to search for Viet Cong snipers during the Lunar New Year holidays NARA 111-CCV-529-CC45838

1st Battalion, 18th Infantry, 1st Inf. Div., search Mac Dinh Chi Cemetery for Viet Cong snipers during the Lunar New Year holidays NARA 111-CCV-529-CC45840

1st Battalion, 18th Infantry, 1st Inf. Div., examines a French memorial in Mac Dinh Chi Cemetery while searching for Viet Cong snipers during the Lunar New Year holidays NARA 111-CCV-529-CC45839

Members of the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, and the armor of the 25th Infantry Division search Mac Dinh Chi Cemetery for Viet Cong snipers during the lunar new year holidays. NARA 111-CCV-529-CC45836

A barbed wire barricade on the side of a street in Cholon after the Tet Offensive NARA 428-GX-747-1130130

A deserted street in Saigon during the fighting of the Lunar New Year holidays NARA 111-CCV-529-CC45843

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 422 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Armored Personnel Carriers of the 25th Infantry Division move through the streets of Saigon during the Lunar New Year holidays NARA 111-CCV-529-CC45837

ARVN M41 tanks and troops conduct a search and clear operation in downtown Saigon NARA 111-CCV-529-CC45862

ARVN Rangers defend Saigon during the Tet Offensive.

ARVN Rangers moving through western Cholon, Saigon, 10 May 1968

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 418 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 418 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Brigadier general Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, Police Director General, before he was wounded in trying to assault a VC position near the radio station.

Burnt out building in Cholon after the Tet Offensive US Navy photo 1130132

C Company, 30th Ranger Battalion radio operator takes orders as they fight VC snipers across Newport Bridge on Highway 1, a few miles outside of Saigon. Action took place during the Lunar New Year, when Viet Cong terrorists launched attacks against Saigon. NARA 111-CCV-529-CC45857

A squad of South Vietnamese soldiers from C Company, 30th Ranger Battalion, fight VC snipers just across Newport Bridge on Highway 1, a few miles outside of Saigon. Action took place during the Lunar New Year, when Viet Cong terrorists launched attacks against Saigon. NARA 111-CCV-529-CC45856

Members of the 40th Signal Battalion, repair cables damaged during Viet Cong attacks in the Cholon, Saigon.

USMC Captain Franklin P. Eller, advisor to the 4th Vietnamese Marine Battalion, coordinates with other American-advised units operating nearby during the Tet Offensive

Civilians sort through the ruins of their homes in Cholon, the heavily damaged Chinese section of Saigon

Original caption: A girl, holding a small child, stands in the ruins of their home after a Viet Cong attack. Saigon.

Members of Company A, 30th Ranger Battalion, maintain radio contact as they move in against Viet Cong near Saigon during the Lunar New Year holidays. NARA 111-CCV-529-CC45831