Sen. Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy (D-Mass.) talks with refugees at Thuong Duc during his fact-finding mission to South Vietnam.

South of Da Nang, South Vietnam, Aug. 15, 1968: U.S. Marine engineers hammer fence poles and span barbed wire in the middle of a field, building a barrier, 15 miles south of Da Nang. Looking for Stars ...

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In the final hours of January 1968, the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army launched a massive offensive across South Vietnam. The Tet Offensive failed to hold territory or spark a general uprising, ...