US Marines responded with artillery of their own. The 20 artillery pieces and numerous mortars at the Khe Sanh Combat Base were aided by 175mm guns artillery from the bases at Rock Pile (12 miles ...

November 10 this year marks the 242nd birthday of the Marine Corps: 242 years of warfighting excellence. At places like Trenton, Tripoli, Chapultepec, Belleau Wood, Guadalcanal, Chosin, Khe Sahn ...

you re-enlisted into the Marines for the love of your country to fight a war in a small Asian country, Vietnam. You survived two historic battles; Hilltop 861A and Khe Sanh, but unfortunately ...

He recalled spending 45 straight days flying in and out of Khe Sahn, the besieged base where some 5,000 Marines held off 20,000 North Vietnamese Army troops for 11 weeks. "They were getting shot ...