Photos Battle for Hue, 1968.

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17 Feb 1968, Hue, South Vietnam

U.S Marines in action during house to house fighting.

 

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USMC M109

 

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When I wasn't pulling a shift in FDC, I'd hang out by the guns to see if they'd let an amateur pull the lanyard. Sergeant Don was agreeable as long as they were setting defensive targets. He even taught me how to dial in the elevation and deflection. It may sound dumb, but when you're on a firebase out in the middle of nowhere, there wasn't much else to do in your spare time.

I never intended to write about the experiences of my tour of duty, but my mind changed over the years. I had an unusual collection of stories that I figured many would find interesting and I wrote my memoir a couple years ago. It's gotten pretty good reviews and sold over 500 copies. 363 DAYS IN VIETNAM is available in paperback and ebook on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1645709191

That's me (left) and Don (right) and his 105MM.

 

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FDC - D Btry, 3rd Bn, 13th Arty - Photo courtesy of Gene Lalicker

 

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February 3, 1968, A First Regiment 106mm M40 recoilless rifle team sights in on a fortified nest of Viet Cong snipers during fierce fighting to regain control of Hue, Vietnam’s old imperial capital in northern I Corps

 

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A US Marine pinned down by North Vietnamese Army sniper fire in the Citadel 1968 at Tet.

 

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Private First Class Jimmy C. Mosley (Clarksdale, Mississippi) and Lance Corporal Mike Smith (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) model NVA headgear found in Hue (official USMC photo by Lance Corporal D. M. Messenger)."

Original photo and text sourced from the Jonathan Abel Collection (COLL/3611), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections.

 

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Huế 1968

Marines Crouching Behind a Building

U.S. Marines charge through streets as fighting continues between Allied and Communist forces.

 

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U.S. Marine Joel Adkins during a brief pause in the fighting during the Battle for Hue, Vietnam. 1968. He survived the war.

(Photo by Photojournalist Don McCullin)

 

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Lance Corporal C.D. Bradford, 1st Marine Division, a New Jersey native from Longbranch, hefts a Thompson submachine gun with its stock removed during the building-to-building battle for Hue City.

 

[Gaz]

Anyone have any books they'd recommend on Hue?

 

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“Hue 1968”, by Mark Bowden, very good read. Easily recommended.

 

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Anyone have any books they'd recommend on Hue?

I liked "Huê 1968" by Mark Bowden very much. Very readable, yet well researched it gives you as well the "big picture" as individual stories. The more it has a very good introduction and overview of the conflict, as well as an "aftermath" part, with an in-depth analysis of the consequences of the Tet offensive.

 

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I liked "Huê 1968" by Mark Bowden very much. Very readable, yet well researched it gives you as well the "big picture" as individual stories. The more it has a very good introduction and overview of the conflict, as well as an "aftermath" part, with an in-depth analysis of the consequences of the Tet offensive.

I'm reading it right now, it's everything you describe, very thick book many individual stories in it. I was surprised the research that must have been done to do what he's done in this book. Many "other side" stories from VC and NVA side of the battle which is always interesting.

 

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Truong Tien Bridge was demolished by the VC the night of February 7, 1968

 

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U.S. Marines prepare to use riot control agents, Battle of Hue.