Tet 1968, the Miltary Offensive; Tet '94, the Economic Offensive

The Journal Record | February 10, 1994| | Copyright

HANOI, Vietnam _ More than a quarter of a century ago, an event occurred during the celebration of the Tet Lunar New Year that would be remembered in the annals of history as the turning point of the Vietnam War.

Just before 3 a.m., on the night of Jan. 31, 1968, an antitank rocket blasted a hole in the outer wall of the U.S. Embassy along Saigon's tree-lined Thong Nhut Blvd.

That attack by Viet Cong sappers signaled the start of a Communist-led offensive across South Vietnam that brought down the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson and set America on a course of disengagement from the ...

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