Gen. Westmoreland comments on Battle at Khe Sanh 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 22 1968)


Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - Tet [6/11]' (Jan. 22, 1968, at 12:00)

(Monday, January 22, 1968; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — On the second day of the Battle of Khe Sanh, General William Westmoreland, commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam, said the enemy was attempting to “win a spectacular battlefield success” on the eve of Tet, the Vietnamese New Year.