Vietnam Veterans Recall Fear, Pain of 20 Years Ago When Tet Offensive Began From: The Washington Post | Date: February 7, 1988| Author: Donald P. Baker | Copyright 1988 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

William E. Kirkland, a former Washingtonian who helped organize this weekend's commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Tet offensive, remembers the moment the longest battle of the Vietnam war began:

It was 3 a.m. on Jan. 31, 1968, and 2d Lt. Kirkland, a medic with D Company, 4th Infantry, was asleep. "A shell blew the roof off our tent and went into the tent behind ours. Another guy from D.C. was bending over, putting on his boots, and it grazed the top of his head" before it "...

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