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The Tet Offensive (Tết Mậu Thân)
Table of Contents
- The Tet Offensive (Tết Mậu Thân)
- Hue: The Imperial City
- The Battle of Khe Sanh
- The Battle for Saigon
- Aftermath of the BattlesPolitical ConsequencesExhibit Credits
Exhibit Credits and Materials Index
Refugees crossing the Perfume River at Truong Thien Bridge outside of Hue
(Douglas Pike Photograph Collection [va001694])
ARVN forces and civilians aid a women wounded in Hue during the Communist TET offensive in the imperial city. Hundreds of thousands of civilians were killed, wounded, crippled, or left homeless in the communist so-called "liberation" movement
(Douglas Pike Photograph Collection [va003771])
(114) Under Fire-- A Leatherneck of "A" Company, 1st Battalion, First Marines, moves out under intense enemy .50 caliber machine gun fire during heavy street fighting taking place in the old Imperial Capital of Hue.
(Brigadier General Edwin H. Simmons Collection [va020947])
(024) Vietnam..... Marines of Co.C, 1st Battalion, Fifth Regiment, are engaged in a fire fight in the streets during Operation Hue City.
(Brigadier General Edwin H. Simmons Collection [va020857])
Victory At Hue - Vietnamese soldiers celebrate their victory over the North Vietnamese invaders of Hue with the raising of their national colors on the 200-foot flag pole from which a Viet Cong flag had flown for the 24 days of the battle. Exuberant soldiers unfurl their national colors on the south wall of the Citadel, overlooking the Perfume River, hours later, they assaulted and recaptured the nearby Imperial Palace, the last remaining point in the Citadel held by the Communist.
(Douglas Pike Photograph Collection [va000974])
Victory At Hue - Vietnamese soldiers celebrate their victory over the North Vietnamese invaders of Hue with the raising of their national colors on the 200-foot flag pole from which a Viet Cong flag had flown for the 24 days of battle. In clouds of colored smoke from grenades placed at the base of the pole, the huge flag of Vietnam billows in a stiff breeze as soldiers prepare to hoist it to the top of the pole.; ; In clouds of colored smoke from grenades placed at the base of the pole, the huge flag of Vietnam billows in a stiff breeze as soldiers prepare to hoist it to the tope of the pole.
(Douglas Pike Photograph Collection [va000099])
(060)Marines forward observers trying to spot North Vietnamese Army Mortar position from front lines at Khe Sanh.
(Brigadier General Edwin H. Simmons Collection [va020893])
A stern-faced U.S. Marine fashions the flag of his country...
(Douglas Pike Photograph Collection [va006823])
Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu flanked by a military aide placing flowers before an outdoor altar.
(Douglas Pike Photograph Collection [va003091])
FMFPac Hue, Vietnam 1968 Photog: Capt EK Aerial view of ruin in the city of Hue, Vietnam...
(Peter Braestrup Collection [va035395])
3m-6-288-68 I I I MAF Vietnam 24Feb68 Photog: Harlan Marines of "D" Company, 1st Battalion Fifth Marines, in the streets of Hue...
(Peter Braestrup Collection [va035338])
AVSG-S-1031-8/AGA68 RV Saigon U.S. soldiers move into the alley behind BOQ #3 in Saigon....
(Donald Jellema Collection (Department of the Army Special Photographic Office (DASPO)) [va030780])
AVSG-S-1031-64/AGA68 RVN Saigon Viet Cong suspects captured during fighting in the area of BOQ #3....
(Donald Jellema Collection (Department of the Army Special Photographic Office (DASPO)) [va030787])
Water for cooking and drinking is passed out at a refugee center to government troops...
(Douglas Pike Photograph Collection [va001620])Tet Offensive Subject Guide
For more information about the Tet Offensive, see our comprehensive subject guide, listing many of the materials about this subject that are available in the holdings of The Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, including links to digital materials in the Virtual Vietnam Archive.
Exhibit Credits
- Overall Exhibit Curator
- Battles of Tet Background and Aftermath Curator
- Jason Stewart
- The Imperial City Curator
- The Battle of Khe Sanh Curator
- Ty Lovelady
- The Battle for Saigon Curator
- Website Layout and Design
Exhibit Digital Materials Index
- Burch Collection of the National Vietnam Veterans Coalition Collection
- Alfred DeMailo Collection
- Barry & Margaret Zorthian Collection
- Barry Brown Collection
- Bill Quigley Collection
- Brigadier General Edwin H. Simmons Collection
- Bryan Grigsby Collection (Department of the Army Special Photographic Office (DASPO))
- Bud Harton Collection
- Contemporary Historical Examination of Current Operations (CHECO) Reports of Southeast Asia (1961-1975)
- Donald Jellema Collection (Department of the Army Special Photographic Office (DASPO))
- Doris Linebarger Collection (Air America Association)
- Douglas Pike Collection: Audio / Moving Images
- Interviews with United States Marines at Khe Sanh, 1968 [15 March 1968] (Battle of Khe Sanh)
- Khe Sanh and Lang Vei [17 March 1981] (Khe Sanh: Lang Vei)
- Interview conducted by Marine Captain Bill Stuckey with Colonel David Lownds [23 May 1968] (Khe Sanh: Operation PEGASUS)
- interview with Colonel Lownds tape 2 [23 May 1968] (Khe Sanh: Operation PEGASUS)
- Operation Pegasus (Reel #2) (Khe Sanh: Operation PEGASUS)
- Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - American Friends of Vietnam
- Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 02 - Military Operations
- Miscalculation! Communists Turn Tet Holiday Truce Into Treacherous Terror Offensive That Failed (12 pages) [01 February 1968] (Aftermath of the Battles)
- Preparation For 1968 Tet Offensive - Training Activities (28 pages) [January 1968] (Hanoi's Plan)
- Address By President Johnson, March 31, 1968 (9 pages) [March 1968] (Political Consequences)
- Article: "The Defense of Saigon" The Reporter (by: Denis Warner) (6 pages) [04 April 1968] (Battle for Saigon)
- Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - US Economy and US Mission (Saigon)
- Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 11 - Monographs
- Douglas Pike Photograph Collection
- va000460 (Aftermath of the Battles)
- va005438 (Hanoi's Plan)
- va000429 (Hue: The Attack)
- va000583 (Hue: The Attack)
- va001625 (Hue: The Attack)
- va001674 (Hue: The Attack)
- va001694 (Exhibit Credits)
- va003771 (Exhibit Credits)
- va006852 (Hue: Retaking Hue)
- va006823 (Exhibit Credits)
- va006864 (Hue: Retaking Hue)
- va002284 (Hue: The Massacre)
- va003091 (Exhibit Credits)
- va003094 (Hue: The Massacre)
- va003108 (Exhibit Credits)
- va006895 (Hue: The Massacre)
- va000099 (Exhibit Credits)
- va000974 (Exhibit Credits)
- va000968 (The Tet Offensive)
- vas000001 (Khe Sanh: Background)
- vas000002 (Khe Sanh: Air Support)
- vas000004 (Khe Sanh: Lang Vei)
- vas000005 (Legacy of Khe Sanh)
- va000406 (Battle for Saigon)
- va000400 (Saigon: Attacks Everywhere)
- va000530 (Saigon: Attacks Everywhere)
- va000585 (Saigon: Attacks Everywhere)
- va000046 (Saigon: Defense of Tan Son Nhut)
- va000402 (Saigon: Defense of Tan Son Nhut)
- va000486 (Saigon: Defense of Tan Son Nhut)
- va000499 (Saigon: American Embassy)
- va000403 (Saigon: Phu Tho Racetrack)
- va000453 (Saigon: Phu Tho Racetrack)
- va000418 (Saigon: Aftermath)
- va000420 (Exhibit Credits)
- va000463 (Exhibit Credits)
- va001620 (Exhibit Credits)
- Farley E. Peebles Collection
- Glenn Helm Collection
- James Holt Collection
- Larry Berman Collection (Presidential Archives Research)
- Situation Room Memo: Possible Evacuation Of Lang Vei (1 page) [07 February 1968] (Khe Sanh: Lang Vei)
- Memo To President Lyndon B. Johnson From W. W. Rostow: Possible New Phase In The Viet Cong Offensive (3 pages) [17 February 1968] (Khe Sanh: Lang Vei)
- Memo To President Lyndon B. Johnson From McGeorge Bundy: A Commentary On The Vietnam Discussion Of November 2, 1967 (14 pages) [10 November 1967] (Situation Prior to Tet)
- Message From General Westmoreland To General Abrams: Concept Of Situation Portrayed During Recent Visit To Washington (5 pages) [26 November 1967] (Situation Prior to Tet)
- Michael Ward Collection
- Peter Braestrup Collection
- va035344 (Hue: Retaking Hue)
- va035338 (Exhibit Credits)
- va035395 (Exhibit Credits)
- va035396 (Hue: The Aftermath)
- va035397 (Khe Sanh: Air Support)
- va035239 (Khe Sanh: Operation PEGASUS)
- va035240 (Political Consequences)
- va035290 (Political Consequences)
- vas036311 (Political Consequences)
- va035387 (Saigon: American Embassy)
- Robert Scott Dawson Collection
- Terry J. DuBose Collection
- Tommy Carver Collection
- U.S. Army Aviation Museum Volunteer Archivists Collection
- Veteran Members of the 109th Quartermaster Company (Air Delivery) Collection (Veteran Members of the 109th Quartermaster Company (Air Delivery))
- Vietnam Archive Map Collection
- Vietnam Center Collection
- Texas Tech University Vietnam Center Sixth Triennial Symposium: Session 5D: The Battle for Hue [14 March 2008] (Hue: The Attack)
- Texas Tech University Vietnam Center Sixth Triennial Symposium: Session 8A - The Hue Massacre of 1968 [14 March 2008] (Hue: The Massacre)
- Texas Tech University Vietnam Center Sixth Triennial Symposium: Session 4B - The Battle for Tan Son Nhut - Tet '68 [13 March 2008] (Saigon: Defense of Tan Son Nhut)
- William Strobridge Collection
A pall of smoke hangs over the residential section of Cholon as hundreds of homes are consumed by fires resulting from the fighting...
(Douglas Pike Photograph Collection [va000420])
Self-Help - Girl guides in Saigon, accept a donation from a pretty Vietnamese girl for the relief of victims of the recent Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army TET offensive....
(Douglas Pike Photograph Collection [va000463])
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