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Khe Sanh savage siege marks turning point in Vietnam (1968). [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 620] See : Turning Point |
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In 1968, while serving with the Marines in the battle for Khe Sanh, he was severely injured when shrapnel from an enemy mortar severed his spinal cord. VMA(AW)-242 flew missions in defense of Khe Sanh, and exploited the capabilities of the Intruder during Operation Rolling Thunder and interdiction missions along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. As young soldiers and sailors, they fought in the Ardennes forests, the Pacific waters off Midway, the jungles of Khe Sanh, and the mountainous terrain of Heartbreak Ridge. |
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